Torres_(surname)

Torres (surname)

Torres (surname)

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For other uses, see Torres.

Torres (sometimes Torrez[1] or Torrès) is a surname in the Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish languages, meaning "towers".[2]

History

A surname derived from any of several towns called Torres, plural of torre (tower), from Latin "turris." Torres is the 50th most common surname in the United States and the 11th most common Spanish surname.[3] It is a common surname in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Spain, Portugal, Colombia, Peru, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and the Philippines, among others. In Italy, among other countries, it is found as a Sephardic surname.[4][5]

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    as an internalized misspelling in non-native environments — cf. -ez
  2. [2]
    "torres" in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  3. [3]
    "TORRES Surname Meaning and Origin". genealogy.about.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  4. [4]
    Schaerf, Samuele (2004-01-01). I cognomi degli ebrei d'Italia con un appendice su le famiglie nobili ebree d'Italia. Chi sono quanti sono come si chiamano gli ebrei in Italia (in Italian). Libreria Naturalistica. ISBN 9788890054167.
  5. [5]
    "Combined Surname Index Results". www.sephardicgen.com. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
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