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The Latorre surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,026 people carried this name — #8,234 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is up 16% from 3,471 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Latorre surname

From la (“the”) + torre (“tower”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «La Torre» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 5,199 people named Latorre live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 2,618
City of Buenos Aires 580
Mendoza 329
Santa Fe 282
Entre Ríos 247
Chaco 227
Córdoba 182
Neuquén 142

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 389 people named Latorre.

109 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Aude.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 109
Aude 43
Hérault 42
Pyrénées-Orientales 25
Gironde 20
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 18
Hautes-Pyrénées 16
Hauts-de-Seine 15
Rhône 12

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

87 people named Latorre live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 14
Vaud 14
Zurich 13
Ticino 12
Fribourg 9
Geneva 9
Valais 8
Aargau 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 25 people named Latorre live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Antwerp 25

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

26 people named Latorre is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 26

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Latorre in American newspapers,
1891–1922.

Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Latorre
East St. Louis Daily Journal 1922-01-06
Newspaper page from Los Angeles Herald carrying the name Latorre
Los Angeles Herald 1891-01-26
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Latorre
The New York Herald 1891-01-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Latorre,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pablo Latorre
    Pablo Latorre 1785–1834 · military personnel
  • Elizabeth Del Carmen Latorre Rodriguez d. 1988 · housewife
  • Jerónimo Latorre 1650–1650 · composer
  • Marina Latorre 1682–
  • Andrés Latorre 1781–1860 · military personnel
  • Carlos Latorre 1799–1851 · actor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Latorre is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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