The Delatorre surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 27,265 people carried this name — #1,288 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,800 people counted. That is up 32% from 20,614 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Delatorre surname
Literally, “of the tower”.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «de la Torre» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In print
Delatorre in American newspapers,
1893–1932.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 233 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Delatorre in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1950s.
99 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Delatorre. The most, 34, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.8 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Delatorre.
In the public record
People named Delatorre,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States354 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 249
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 47
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 35
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
- Sacramento County historic burials 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
- Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Luis DelatorreBorn 1944; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Henry DelatorreBorn 1926 in Arizona. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; civil engineer from San Diego County, California.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Angelo DelatorreArrived at New York in 1891 aboard the La Normandie from Havre, aged 23; laborer. From Italy; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 354 records for Delatorre in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
France26 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jean DelatorreBorn 1925 in Algeria; died 1997 in Saint-Étienne (Loire).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Raymonde Augustine DelatorreBorn 1912 in Bessan; died 1993 in Lodève (Hérault).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Carlos DelatorreBorn 1937 in Spain; died 1998 in Aix-les-Bains (Savoie).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 26 records for Delatorre in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Netherlands6 records
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Abraham de la TorreMarried in 1696 in Rotterdam.
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Anna Oenes de la TorreMarried in 1717 in Groningen.
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Justina Adriana de la TorreMarried in 1706 in Alphen aan den Rijn.
Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Alphen aan den Rijn (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 6 records for Delatorre in the Netherlands.
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Delatorre.
- Delapaz 6,404 · U.S. census
- Delaporte 303 · U.S. census
- Delaroche 166 · U.S. census
- Delarosa 37,932 · U.S. census
- Delarue 163 · U.S. census
- Delassus 146 · U.S. census
- Delatour 257 · U.S. census
- Delatte 1,230 · U.S. census
- Delattre 249 · U.S. census
- Delaunay 250 · U.S. census
- Delaune 1,537 · U.S. census
- Delauney 157 · U.S. census
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