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    The surnameTorres

    A place surname, the 37th most common in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T620

    Torres: #37 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Torres #37, 437,813 people Torres: #37 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#1,000Archer Torres #37, 437,813 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Torres is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    From Romance Torres (Portuguese Torres and Spanish Torres); from torres ("towers"; Portuguese torres and Spanish torres); indicating someone who lived in or near a tower. From Latin turris.

    Torres is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 437,813 people named Torres in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 705 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 325,169.

    #37
    rank among US surnames
    437,813
    people in 2010
    148
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.6%
    change since 2000 (was #50)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #28Ramirez557,423554
    #29Lewis531,781581
    #30Robinson529,821583
    #31Walker523,129590
    #32Young484,447637
    #33Allen482,607640
    #34King465,422663

    Who is named Torres

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

    92% of people named Torres identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Torress

    42 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carlos Alberto Torres
      Brazilian association football player and manager (1944-2016)
    • Alexandre Torres
      Brazilian association football player, born 1966
    • Fernanda Torres
      Brazilian actress and writer, born 1965
    • Gina Torres
      American actress (born 1968)
    • Dara Torres
      American swimmer, born 1967
    • Tico Torres
      American drummer, born 1953
    • Eve Torres
      American professional wrestler and Jiu-Jitsu trainer, born 1984
    • Juan José Torres
      61th Bolivian president (1920-1976)
    • Lolita Torres
      Argentinian actor (1930–2002)
    • José Francisco Torres
      American soccer player, born 1987
    • Ralph Torres
      American Republican politician from Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, born 1979
    • Liz Torres
      American actress, born 1947

    Notable Torress come mostly from the United States (17), Argentina (9) and Brazil (8).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Torres

    Torres has the Soundex code T620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T620.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Torres come from?
    From Romance Torres (Portuguese Torres and Spanish Torres); from torres ("towers"; Portuguese torres and Spanish torres); indicating someone who lived in or near a tower. From Latin turris.
    How common is the surname Torres?
    437,813 people in the United States had the surname Torres in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 705 Americans. It ranked 37th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Torres?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Torres identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Torres?
    Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian association football player and manager (1944-2016), followed by Alexandre Torres.