Torres surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Torres surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 325,169 people carried this name — #50 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 830 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,534 people named Torres.

1,692 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 88 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 1,692
Hauts-de-Seine 184
Bouches-du-Rhône 165
Gironde 147
Essonne 143
Pyrénées-Orientales 136
Hérault 119
Paris 83
Haute-Garonne 77

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,609 people named Torres live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 309
Vaud 287
Zurich 253
Bern 122
Aargau 102
Valais 81
Fribourg 80
Basel-Stadt 52

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 94 people named Torres 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 Brussels-Capital.

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

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 41
Hainaut 25
Antwerp 12
East Flanders 11
Flemish Brabant 5

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

In Poland’s population register

39 people named Torres have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 163 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.

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

Where they live today

Masovian 10
Lower Silesian 6
Lublin 6
Podlaskie 5
Pomeranian 4
Lubusz 2
Lesser Poland 2
Silesian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Torres in American newspapers,
1889–1962.

Newspaper page from The Lafayette Advertiser carrying the name Torres
The Lafayette Advertiser 1889-09-07
Newspaper page from The Lancaster Gazette carrying the name Torres
The Lancaster Gazette 1904-01-06
Newspaper page from The Wolf Point Herald carrying the name Torres
The Wolf Point Herald 1920-06-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 205,543 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Torres,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Camilo Torres Tenorio
    Camilo Torres Tenorio 1766–1816 · lawyer
  • Félix Torres Amat
    Félix Torres Amat 1772–1847 · writer
  • Lorenzo Torres
    Lorenzo Torres 1803–1880 · lawyer
  • Ramón Torres Méndez
    Ramón Torres Méndez 1809–1885 · artist
  • José Torres Padilla
    José Torres Padilla 1811–1878 · Latin Catholic priest

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 187 lives in all are documented under this name.

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