Tursas

surname · Latin script

Meaning: octopus

/tuːɐ̯sas/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Tursas is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Finland.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland
  • DEGermany

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

octopus

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Tursas is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • - žr. Tursa. TURS1S Klp - žr. Tursa

    as a nameLietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

  • In urj-fin-pro, sea monster

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Tursas, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Tursas
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—89#14,010
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—44—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#397,625

Reference works 4

  • Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Tursas mean, and where does it come from?
octopus Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Tursas?
A machine transcription gives /tuːɐ̯sas/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Tursas have the most bearers?
Tursas is most frequently recorded in Finland.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tursas”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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