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toro Name Meaning and History

  1. Spanish: habitational name from Toro in Zamora province, called Campos Gotorum in the Middle Ages.
  2. Spanish: nickname from toro ‘bull’ (usually in the form Del Toro).
  3. Italian: nickname for a lusty person or a metonymic occupational name for a tender of bulls, from Italian toro ‘bull’ (Latin taurus).
  4. Italian: from a short form of the personal name Ristoro.
  5. Estonian or Finnish: unexplained.

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Distribution of toro Families in the US in 1920
Number of toro families
 67-132
 23-66
 1-22
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