Thurban Surname Guide

Spellings drift, and Thurban is where Turpin drifted for some families. The name is generally explained as “Thor's Finn”.

A variant of Turpin

Before spelling was fixed, Turpin was also written Thurban. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Turpin and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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