Turco Family History
Turco Name Meaning
Italian: ethnic name from Turco ‘Turk’ or a nickname from the same word in the sense of a non-Christian or following the medieval ethnic stereotype a cruel ferocious or short-tempered person. See also Turk . Possibly also an American shortened and altered form of Greek surnames beginning with Tourko- from Tourkos ‘Turk’. It is often found combined with a personal name e.g. Tourkantonis ‘Turkish Anthony’ (i.e. ‘Anthony the Muslim Anthony originally from Ottoman Turkey rather than the Greek state’ or ‘Anthony the irascible’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022