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    The surname Torrence

    A surname, carried by 6,419 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T652

    Torrence: #5,425 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Torrence #5,425, 6,419 people Torrence: #5,425 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Torrence #5,425, 6,419 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Torrence is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,419 people named Torrence in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,099 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,160.

    #5,425
    rank among US surnames
    6,419
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,210)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,419Gist6,42248,076
    #5,420Soper6,42148,084
    #5,421Hann6,42048,091
    #5,425Saechao6,41948,099
    #5,427Medlock6,41648,121

    Who is named Torrence

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

    47% of people named Torrence identified as Black (not Hispanic), 46% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 47%
    • White (not Hispanic) 46%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Torrences

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gwen Torrence
      American sprinter, born 1965
    • Nate Torrence
      American actor, born 1977
    • Ernest Torrence
      British-born American actor (1878-1933)
    • David Torrence
      British actor (1864-1951)

    Notable Torrences come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Torrence

    Torrence 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 Torrence?
    6,419 people in the United States had the surname Torrence in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,099 Americans. It ranked 5,425th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Torrence?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Torrence identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 46% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Torrence?
    Gwen Torrence, American sprinter, followed by Nate Torrence.
    Where is the surname Torrence most common?
    Wikidata records people named Torrence in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Torrence getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,419 in 2010, up 4.2%.