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The Torre surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,527 people carried this name — #7,359 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,400 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,276 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Torre surname

From torre (“tower”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «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 4,123 people named Torre 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,784
Córdoba 643
City of Buenos Aires 497
Santa Fe 288
Mendoza 263
Chaco 132
Neuquén 61
Tucumán 55

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 1,029 people named Torre.

256 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 256
Corsica 414
Bouches-du-Rhône 68
Alpes-Maritimes 62
Nord 37
Paris 30
Var 28
Yvelines 10
Seine-Saint-Denis 9

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

286 people named Torre live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 59
Zurich 42
Geneva 35
Vaud 32
Bern 25
St. Gallen 18
Thurgau 13
Solothurn 12

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.

Who carried it

People named Torre,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giorgio Della Torre
    Giorgio Della Torre 1607–1688 · physician
  • Giovanni Battista Torre d. 1780 · pyrotechnist
  • Annabella Mary Torre d. 1851
  • Mary Ellen Torre d. 1832
  • Baltasar de la Torre 1510–
  • Marino Torre 1583–1633 · military officer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Torre.

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