Torres (surname)
Torres (sometimes spelled Torrez) is a surname in the Portuguese and Spanish languages, meaning "Towers".
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.[1] 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.[2][3]
People with the surname
Athletes
- Abraham Torres, Venezuelan boxer
- Albert Torres, Spanish racing cyclist
- Andrés Torres, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Arturo Torres, American soccer player
- Aureliano Torres, Paraguayan footballer
- Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer
- Carolina Torres, Chilean pole vaulter
- Dara Torres, American swimmer
- Dilson Torres, Venezuelan baseball player
- Erick Torres, Peruvian footballer
- Eve Torres (born 1984), American professional wrestler
- Félix Ricardo Torres, Paraguayan footballer
- Fernando Torres (born 1984), Spanish footballer
- Francisco Javier Torres, Mexican footballer
- Georgie Torres, Puerto Rican basketball player
- Gleyber Torres, Venezuelan baseball player
- Héctor Torres, Mexican baseball player
- Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Spanish engineer
- Johnny Torres, American soccer player
- José Torres (1936–2009), Puerto Rican boxer
- José Francisco Torres, American soccer player
- Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer
- Macnelly Torres, Colombian footballer
- Marco Torrès, French gymnast
- Mariano Torres, Argentine footballer
- Miguel Angel Torres (born 1981), American MMA fighter
- Miguel Torres Gómez, Spanish footballer
- Óscar Torres, Venezuelan basketball player
- Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
- Raymundo Torres (boxer), Mexican boxer
- Raymundo Torres (footballer), Mexican footballer
- Roger Torres, Colombian footballer
- Salomón Torres, Dominican baseball player
- Sandra Torres, Argentine marathon runner
- Sergio Torres, Argentine footballer
- Tecia Torres, American mixed martial artist
- Todd Torres, Puerto Rican swimmer
- Xavi Torres, Spanish footballer
Performers and media figures
- Antonio Torres Jurado, Spanish guitarist and guitar maker
- Bartolomé de Torres Naharro, Spanish dramatist
- Coraima Torres, Venezuelan actress
- Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress
- Diego Torres, Argentinian pop singer
- Eddie Torres, Puerto Rican American salsa dance instructor
- Eugenio Torres Villarreal, Mexican professional wrestler, television host and rapper
- Fernanda Torres, Brazilian actress
- Fernando Torres, Brazilian actor
- Gina Torres, Cuban American actress
- Guillermo José Torres, Puerto Rican American TV reporter
- Joe Torres, American TV actor
- José Torres, Cuban-Polish musician and percussionist
- Judy Torres, Puerto Rican American pop musician and dancer
- Liz Torres, American actress, singer and comedian
- Néstor Torres, Puerto Rican jazz flautist
- Rawy Torres, Puerto Rican musician
- Roberto Torres, Cuban musician
- Samantha Torres, Spanish model
- Tico Torres, Cuban American musician and Bon Jovi drummer
- Tommy Torres, Puerto Rican musician
- Torres, stagename of American musician Mackenzie Scott
- Eduardo Serrano Torres, Venezuelan composer
- Xavier Enrique Torres, Puerto Rican actor
Artists and writers
- Alberto Torres, Brazilian social thinker
- Andrés Torres Queiruga, Galician theologian, writer and translator
- Angelo Torres, American cartoonist
- Ben Fong-Torres, American rock journalist
- Diego de Torres Vargas, Puerto Rican historian
- Diego de Torres Villarroel, Spanish writer
- Edwin Torres, American/Puerto Rican poet
- Félix González-Torres, Cuban artist
- Joaquín Torres García, Uruguayan artist
- Julio Romero de Torres, Spanish painter
- Tanya Torres, Puerto Rican artist, author, and poet
- Tereska Torrès, French novelist
Politicians and public figures
- Abdelkhalek Torres, journalist and leader of Morocco
- Art Torres, American politician
- Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian Roman Catholic priest
- Camilo Torres Tenorio, Colombian politician
- Edwin Torres, American state supreme court judge
- Esteban Edward Torres, Californian politician
- Henry Torrès, French trial lawyer, politician, and writer
- Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician
- Juan José Torres, Bolivian President
- Lucy Torres, Filipino politician
- Manuel Torres, first Colombian ambassador to the United States
- Manuel Montt Torres, Chilean statesman and scholar
- Raul Torres, American politician
- Ruben Torres, Filipino politician
- Sandra Torres, Guatemalan politician and former First Lady.
Scientists and explorers
- Belindo Adolfo Torres, Argentinian entomologist
- Carlos Torres, Chilean astronomer
- Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Spanish engineer and mathematician
Criminals
- Raúl Meza Torres (1991 – 2010), Mexican suspected assassin
- Javier Torres Félix (1958 – 2010), Mexican suspected drug lord
- Manuel Torres Félix (1960), Mexican convicted drug lord
Other
- Chumel Torres, Mexican comedian
- Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía, the 16th-century viceroy
- Jacques Torres, French pastry chef
- Susan Torres, American woman who gave birth while brain dead
- Tomás de Torres, Portuguese astrologer
Fictional characters
- Adam Torres, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- B'Elanna Torres, a character in Star Trek: Voyager
- Callie Torres, a character in Grey's Anatomy
- Diego Torres, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Drew Torres, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Eva "Papi" Torres, a character in The L Word
- Eddie Torres, a character in New York Undercover
- Pépé Torres the young killer in John Steinbeck's short story Flight (Steinbeck story) 1938
- Nick Torres, a special agent from NCIS
See also
- Luis Torres (disambiguation), several people
References
- "TORRES Surname Meaning and Origin". genealogy.about.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
- 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.
- "Combined Surname Index Results". www.sephardicgen.com. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
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