Tourian, alternative writing Turian is a common family name in Armenian. It may refer to: Persons Bedros Tourian, alternatively Petros Duryan, (1851–1872), famous Armenian poet, playwright and actor Leon Tourian (1879-1933), Armenian Archbishop, primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, assassinated in New York Patriarch Yeghishe Tourian of Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarch 1921 to 1929 Fiction Tourian, a central base on planet Zebes in the fictional Metroid series Locations Tourian, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran See also Turian (disambiguation) Armenian-language surnames