How common is the surname Torrens?

1,125 people in the United States had the surname Torrens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. It ranked 22,770th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Torrens?

In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Torrens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Torrens?

Robert Torrens, Anglo-Irish Royal Marine, economist, and chair of South Australian Colonisation Commission, followed by Robert Torrens.

Where is the surname Torrens most common?

Wikidata records people named Torrens in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Torrens getting more or less common?

More common. 965 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,125 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Torrens

A Catalan surname, carried by 1,125 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Torrens is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

Catalan origin

Borrowed from Catalan Torrens. It is also a variant of the surname Torrence.

One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,125 people named Torrens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 965.

#22,770

rank among US surnames

1,125

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+16.6%

change since 2000 (was #24,328)

Who is named Torrens

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

52% of people named Torrens identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 45%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Torrenss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Torrens
Anglo-Irish Royal Marine, economist, and chair of South Australian Colonisation Commission, 1780–1864
Robert Torrens
19th-century South Australian politician responsible for the introduction of Torrens title, 1812–1884

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Torrens

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

Other Catalan surnames

All 39 Catalan surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Torrens come from?: Borrowed from Catalan Torrens. It is also a variant of the surname Torrence.
How common is the surname Torrens?: 1,125 people in the United States had the surname Torrens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. It ranked 22,770th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Torrens?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Torrens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Torrens?: Robert Torrens, Anglo-Irish Royal Marine, economist, and chair of South Australian Colonisation Commission, followed by Robert Torrens.
Where is the surname Torrens most common?: Wikidata records people named Torrens in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Torrens getting more or less common?: More common. 965 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,125 in 2010, up 17%.