Toure History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Toure family

The surname Toure was first found in Languedoc, where this acclaimed family held a family seat since ancient times. Château Latour is a French wine estate, rated as a First Growth under the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. It lies at the very southeastern tip of the commune of Pauillac in the Médoc region to the north-west of Bordeaux.

Early History of the Toure family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Toure research. Another 267 words (19 lines of text) covering the years 1259, 1365, 1600, 1610, 1618, 1629, 1688, 1743 and 1789 are included under the topic Early Toure History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Toure Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Latour, Tour, Latourre, Tours, Toure, Tors, La Tour, De Latour, de la Toure, de Tour and many more.

Early Notables of the Toure family

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Toure Ranking

France, the name Toure is the 7,190^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Toure family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Susanne Latour who settled in New York in 1700; and Charles Thomas Latour who settled in Philadelphia in 1880.

Contemporary Notables of the name Toure (post 1700) +

Bassala Touré (b. 1976), Malian former footballer
Alhassane Ousmane Touré (b. 1984), Malian footballer
Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922-1984), Guinean politician, first President of Guinea (1958-1984)
Ahmed Touré (b. 1987), Burkinabé professional footballer

Sources +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/