Meaning and formation
Torres means “towers” in Spanish. The plural torres, from Latin turrēs, became a surname. The historical Philippine spelling appears on printed page 131 of the 1849 Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
Spelling variants
- Tórrez · Spelling source ↗
Dictionary pronunciation
- Tagalog: /ˈtoɾes/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Cebuano: /ˈtoɾes/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Spanish: /ˈtores/ · Wiktionary ↗
In the 1849 Catálogo transcription
The linked transcription records the following spelling and page position. Open the edition link to locate the printed page.
- torres · page 131 · column 2 · row 33 · Transcription ↗ · Digitized edition ↗
Public figures with this surname
Elected officials in the 2001 list
Torres has 17 records in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.
OpenHalalan — 2001 ↗Contains information from OpenHalalan by Robert R. Leung, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. ODbL 1.0 ↗ · Download surname counts