How common is the surname Tortora?

1,355 people in the United States had the surname Tortora in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. It ranked 19,834th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tortora?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tortora identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Tortora getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,355 in 2010, down 2.4%.

The surname Tortora

An Italian surname, carried by 1,355 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tortora is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Tortora.

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 1,355 people named Tortora in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,389.

#19,834

rank among US surnames

1,355

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,382)

Who is named Tortora

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

93% of people named Tortora identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tortora come from?: Borrowed from Italian Tortora.
How common is the surname Tortora?: 1,355 people in the United States had the surname Tortora in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. It ranked 19,834th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tortora?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tortora identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Tortora getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,355 in 2010, down 2.4%.