How common is the surname Torchia?

1,343 people in the United States had the surname Torchia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,892 Americans. It ranked 19,966th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Torchia?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Torchia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Torchia getting more or less common?

More common. 1,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,343 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Torchia

An Italian surname, carried by 1,343 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Torchia is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Torchia.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,343 people named Torchia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,892 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,287.

#19,966

rank among US surnames

1,343

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #19,436)

Who is named Torchia

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Torchia identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Torchia come from?: Borrowed from Italian Torchia.
How common is the surname Torchia?: 1,343 people in the United States had the surname Torchia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,892 Americans. It ranked 19,966th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Torchia?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Torchia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Torchia getting more or less common?: More common. 1,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,343 in 2010, up 4.4%.