de La Torre Surname

5,297th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106,932 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

de La Torre Surname Definition:

Dweller near the tower.

"Torre" comes from a Basque word that means place of the junipers.

Torre or De la Torre, Castilian family from Segovia and very common in the Peninsula.

See Latorre, Torres.

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de La Torre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico59,8131:2,075293
Spain23,8581:1,960230
Cuba8,9701:1,285211
Philippines7,9331:12,7621,317
Ecuador6,7131:2,369418
Puerto Rico5,1271:692115
United States4,8811:74,2598,543
Peru4,5441:6,9951,061
Argentina3,3901:12,6091,149
Chile1,0181:17,3051,182
Colombia8121:58,8352,787
Venezuela5041:59,9292,762
Panama4661:8,395823
France3941:168,58626,233
Brazil3781:566,33421,159
Bolivia3581:29,6552,034
Dominican Republic3161:33,0161,894
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Guatemala1581:101,7892,952
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Australia1021:264,66424,097
Canada971:379,85133,859
Uruguay871:39,4454,524
England841:663,31038,317
Germany531:1,518,97191,373
Costa Rica481:99,5851,699
Netherlands411:411,88242,990
Andorra331:2,541482
Thailand321:2,207,448250,768
New Caledonia311:8,9102,168
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Italy131:4,704,361107,811
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
China51:273,464,31313,838
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Paraguay41:1,809,18612,346
Honduras41:2,204,1106,397
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Grenada21:54,2681,538
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Dominica11:75,891912
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

de La Torre Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Dweller near the tower.

"Torre" comes from a Basque word that means place of the junipers.

Torre or De la Torre, Castilian family from Segovia and very common in the Peninsula.

See Latorre, Torres.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

Spanish: topographic name 'from (de) the tower (la torre)', i.e. someone who lived by a watchtower, 'from (de) the tower (la torre)'.

- David Ortiz De La Torre

It means "of the Tower."

- atomicmonky

de La Torre Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de La Torre Come From? nationality or country of origin

de La Torre occurs more in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de La Torre? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,297th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 68,151 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of de La Torre reside; 61 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Hispano-North America.

The surname de La Torre is most common in Mexico, where it is carried by 59,813 people, or 1 in 2,075. In Mexico it is most common in: Jalisco, where 31 percent are found, Zacatecas, where 7 percent are found and Mexico City, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Mexico it is found in 74 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 22 percent are found and Cuba, where 8 percent are found.

de La Torre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de La Torre has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 37,546 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,680 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de La Torre Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de La Torre earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 26.63% more than the national average, earning S/. 24,548 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.55% more than the national average, earning $23,509,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 52.37% more than the national average, earning $65,744 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.47% more than the national average, earning $50,415 CAD per year.

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