Torrez History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Noble surnames, such as Torrez, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. Torres is the plural of "torre" meaning "tower" and is the 11th most common surname in Spain.

In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Torrez family originally lived in the place named Torres. There are many towns and villages in Spain that are named Torres, but the most famous are in the provinces of Andalucia, Oviedo in the Principality of Asturias, Burgos in Castilla-Leon, Lerida in Catalonia, Zaragoza in Aragon, and Navarra. The place-name is of Latin origin and it emerged during the Roman occupation of the Iberian Peninsula.

Early Origins of the Torrez family

The surname Torrez was first found in Castile, where the name originated in Visigothic times.

Early History of the Torrez family

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Torrez Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Torres, Torre, de Torres, de las Torres, de la Torre, de Torre, Turre, de Turre and many more.

Early Notables of the Torrez family

Prominent among members of the family Juan de Torres, a fifteenth century knight; Alfonso de la Torre and Fernando de la Torre, fifteenth century Spanish poets; sixteenth century adventurer Diego de Torres; Francisco de la Torre, sixteenth century Spanish poet; Bartolomé de Torres Naharro, sixteenth century Spanish dramatist; Fernando M. Torre, Count of La Torre, who commanded the Spanish...
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Torrez Ranking

In the United States, the name Torrez is the 2,197^th most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name. 1

Torrez migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Torrez Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J Torrez, aged 23, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1855 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Torrez (post 1700) +

Michael Augustine Torrez (b. 1946), American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1967 to 1984
Mario Torrez, American Republican politician, Candidate for Michigan State House of Representatives 59th District, 1980 3
Lorenzo Torrez, American politician, Representative from Arizona 2nd District, 1986 3
Dalia Tórrez Zamora (b. 1990), Nicaraguan swimmer who competed in the Women's 100 metre butterfly at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Karen Milenka Torrez Guzman (b. 1992), Bolivian swimmer who competes in the Women's 100m Freestyle, flag bearer for the nation at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html