Torras Family Name and Heraldry

A Torras ancestor may well appear as Torres in earlier records. Its meaning, shared with Torres, is “Towers”.

Heraldry and the Torras name

Arms linked to Torres and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Torras and Torres

Records show Torras as one of the forms Torres took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Torre, De Torres and Torrez.

Spanish statistics put 3,146 people with Torras in first position and 2,798 in second. Each Spaniard has two surnames, so the same name is counted once as first and once as second surname. For the full story, order the Torras surname pack.