Frequency: (293)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Origin unidentified. Evidently from French azure ‘blue’, but the details of the origin as a family name are unclear. There are several Azure families living on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
