The Torrent surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 203 people carried this name — #90,853 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 13% from 179 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 662 people named Torrent 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 642 people named Torrent.
109 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
324 people named Torrent live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 print
Torrent in American newspapers,
1843–1844.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 265,169 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Torrent,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luciano Torrent 1823–1896 · physician -
Francesca Torrent Boschdemont 1881–1958 · writer -
Magdalena Torrent d. 1629
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Joseph Torrent 1795–1885 · politician
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John Draper Torrent 1833–1915
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Jaime Torrent 1893–1925 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Torrent.
- Torre 4,527 · U.S. census
- Torrecillas 411 · U.S. census
- Torregrosa 190 · U.S. census
- Torregrossa 577 · U.S. census
- Torrelli 111 · U.S. census
- Torrens 1,125 · U.S. census
- Torrente 384 · U.S. census
- Torres 437,813 · U.S. census
- Torrez 16,795 · U.S. census
- Torri 386 · U.S. census
- Torro 217 · U.S. census
- Tort 150 · U.S. census
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