# Schure

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**Schure** is a [Dutch surname](/source/Dutch_name). It is a variant of *Schuren*, which is a [toponymic surname](/source/Toponymic_surname) as well as an ordinary word (cf. schuren 'to scour').[1] In the Netherlands, there were 39 people with the surname *Schure* and 272 with the surname *ter Schure* as of 2007.[2][3] The [2010 United States census](/source/2010_United_States_census) found 169 people with the surname Schure, making it the 105,600th-most-common name in the country. This represented a decrease from 181 people (92,601st-most-common) in the [2000 United States census](/source/2000_United_States_census). In both censuses, about 98% of the bearers of the surname identified as [non-Hispanic white](/source/Non-Hispanic_white).[4]

## People

- [Alexander Schure](/source/Alexander_Schure) (1920–2009), American academic and entrepreneur
- [Matthew Schure](/source/Matthew_Schure) (1948–2023), American academic
- [Vincent ter Schure](/source/Vincent_ter_Schure) (born 1979), Dutch Paralympic cyclist
- [Joyce Schure](/source/Joyce_Schure) (), costume designer

## See also

- [Édouard Schuré](/source/%C3%89douard_Schur%C3%A9) (1841–1929), French philosopher and writer

## References

1. ["Schuren"](https://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Schuren&nfd_naam=Schuren&info=documentatie&operator=bw&taal=). *Nederlandse Familienamenbank*. Centrum voor familiegeschiedenis. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

1. ["Schure"](https://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Schure&nfd_naam=Schure&info=aantal+en+verspreiding&operator=bw&taal=). *Nederlandse Familienamenbank*. Centrum voor familiegeschiedenis. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

1. ["ter Schure"](https://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=ter+Schure&nfd_naam=Schure%2C+ter&info=aantal+en+verspreiding&operator=bw&taal=). *Nederlandse Familienamenbank*. Centrum voor familiegeschiedenis. Retrieved 6 January 2022. (The prefix ter is a *[tussenvoegsel](/source/Tussenvoegsel)* meaning "at".)

1. ["How common is your last name?"](https://projects.newsday.com/databases/long-island/census-last-names/?where=name^Mok&offset=0). *Newsday*. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

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