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    The surname Torrance

    A surname, carried by 2,358 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T652

    Torrance: #13,023 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Torrance #13,023, 2,358 people Torrance: #13,023 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Torrance #13,023, 2,358 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Torrance is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,358 people named Torrance in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,935 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,295.

    #13,023
    rank among US surnames
    2,358
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,405)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,023Knutsen2,358130,935
    #13,029Arvin2,357130,991

    Who is named Torrance

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

    74% of people named Torrance identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Torrances

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jamaal Torrance
      American sprinter, born 1983
    • Katherine Torrance
      British diver, born 1998

    Notable Torrances come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Torrance

    Torrance has the Soundex code T652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Torrance?
    2,358 people in the United States had the surname Torrance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,935 Americans. It ranked 13,023rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Torrance?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Torrance identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Torrance?
    Jamaal Torrance, American sprinter, followed by Katherine Torrance.
    Where is the surname Torrance most common?
    Wikidata records people named Torrance in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Torrance getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,358 in 2010, up 2.7%.