Find out how popular the last name Torres Vargas is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Torres Vargas.

Torres Vargas, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Torres Vargas surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Torres Vargas in America

Torres Vargas is the 133048th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Torres Vargas surname appeared 127 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Torres Vargas.

The history of the last name Torres Vargas

The surname TORRESVARGAS originates from Spain and traces back to the 15th century. It is a compound name formed by combining the Spanish words "torres" meaning "towers" and "vargas" which refers to a staff or rod. This suggests the name may have been associated with a person who worked as a guard or soldier stationed at a tower or fortified structure.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the TORRESVARGAS surname appears in a registry of military personnel from the Kingdom of Castile dated around 1480. It lists a certain Pedro de TORRESVARGAS who served as a guard at the Alcázar of Segovia, a famous medieval fortress and royal palace.

During the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 16th and 17th centuries, the TORRESVARGAS name began appearing in colonial records across various regions of Spanish influence. Notably, a Diego TORRESVARGAS was born in 1542 in Cartagena, present-day Colombia, and went on to become a prominent explorer and conquistador in the region.

In the 18th century, the TORRESVARGAS surname was found in the municipalities of Villamartín and Porzuna, located in the Spanish province of Ciudad Real. Records from this era indicate a Juan TORRESVARGAS, born in 1712, who served as a local magistrate and landowner in the area.

Another notable figure with this surname was María TORRESVARGAS (1790-1867), a celebrated poet and playwright from Granada, Spain. Her works were widely acclaimed during the Romantic literary movement and helped popularize the use of the local Andalusian dialect in Spanish literature.

Other historical individuals bearing the TORRESVARGAS name include Javier TORRESVARGAS (1832-1901), a military officer who fought in the Mexican-American War and later became a respected educator in California, and Emilia TORRESVARGAS (1865-1939), a pioneering feminist activist and suffragist from Seville, Spain.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Torres Vargas

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Torres Vargas.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Torres Vargas was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Torres Vargas was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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