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Early Origins of the La Torre family

The surname La Torre was first found in Languedoc, where this acclaimed family held a family seat since ancient times. Château Latour is a French wine estate, rated as a First Growth under the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. It lies at the very southeastern tip of the commune of Pauillac in the Médoc region to the north-west of Bordeaux.

Early History of the La Torre family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our La Torre research. Another 267 words (19 lines of text) covering the years 1259, 1365, 1600, 1610, 1618, 1629, 1688, 1743 and 1789 are included under the topic Early La Torre History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

La Torre Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Latour, Tour, Latourre, Tours, Toure, Tors, La Tour, De Latour, de la Toure, de Tour and many more.

Early Notables of the La Torre family

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La Torre Ranking

In the United States, the name La Torre is the 11,839th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name La Torre is ranked the 6,413rd most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 2


United States La Torre migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

La Torre Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Isabel LaTorre, who settled in Peru in 1580
  • Maria LaTorre, who settled in Peru in 1580
La Torre Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • A. Latorre, who arrived in New Orleans in 1836
  • A Latorre, aged 20, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1836 3
  • P Latorre, aged 39, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1850 3
  • Alonso Latorre, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1854 3
  • Jose Latorre, aged 20, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1867 3
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name La Torre (post 1700) +

  • Sylvia Reyes La Torre de Tagle (1933-2022), known as "The Queen of Kundiman" and "The First Lady of Philippine Television", a Filipino singer, actress, and radio star
  • Juan Carlos Latorre Carmona (b. 1949), Chilean politician
  • Mariano Lautaro Latorre Court (1886-1955), Chilean writer who won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1944
  • Roxana Itatí Latorre (b. 1952), Argentine Justicialist Party politician
  • Colonel Lorenzo Latorre (1844-1916), Uruguay soldier and politician, Minister of War and then President of Uruguay (1879-1880)
  • Juan José Latorre Benavente (1846-1912), Chilean Vice Admiral, eponym of the Almirante Latorre, a super-dreadnought Chilean Navy battleship
  • Claudio Latorre (b. 1986), Chilean footballer
  • Diego Fernando Latorre (b. 1969), former Argentine football striker
  • Angel Cabrera Latorre, Spanish naturalist and journalist


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. 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)


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