The Torelli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 693 people carried this name — #33,036 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 677 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Torelli surname
Patronymic or plural form of Torello.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Torelli» (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 942 people named Torelli 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 mapWhere they live today
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 186 people named Torelli.
88 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
62 people named Torelli live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 the Nordic population registers
40 people named Torelli is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
Who carried it
People named Torelli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Guido Torelli 1379–1449 · condottiero -
Vincenzo Torelli d. 1539 · Catholic priest
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Jafet Torelli d. 1898 · sculptor
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Paolo Torelli d. 1545 · aristocrat
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Francesco Torelli d. 1518
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Amuratte Torelli d. 1483
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Torelli.
- Top 578 · U.S. census
- Topalian 405 · U.S. census
- Tor 376 · U.S. census
- Toral 1,168 · U.S. census
- Torchio 290 · U.S. census
- Torchon 250 · U.S. census
- Toribio 4,679 · U.S. census
- Torino 540 · U.S. census
- Toris 139 · U.S. census
- Tormos 120 · U.S. census
- Tornatore 663 · U.S. census
- Torner 176 · U.S. census
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