Torre Family History
Torre Name Meaning
Italian: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower,
usually a defensive fortification or watchtower (from Latin
turris), or a habitational name from any of the places named
with this word, as for example Torre Annunziata or Torre del Greco in
Naples province, Torre de’ Passeri (Pescara, Abruzzo), or Torre di
Ruggiero (Catanzaro, Calabria).Galician, Catalan, Aragonese,
Spanish, and Portuguese: habitational name from any of the numerous
places so named in Galicia (often in the form De la Torre), in
Catalonia and Aragon (as for example La Torre de Fontalbella, La Torre
del Compte, La Torre de Fluvià), or from any of the many places in
Spain and Portugal named Torre or La Torre, from torre ‘(watch)
tower’ (of the same etymology as 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Torre
Name Distribution of Torre Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Torre families
 23 - 44  8 - 22 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Torre families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Torre families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Torre census records
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Torre Family Origin
Torre Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Torre
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Torre Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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