Family name Торвальд (Thorvald 
, Torvald 
, Þorvaldur 
) , across the world, is a very rare cognomen. The surname Торвальд is characteristic of Northern Europe, particularly Denmark, where it is a rare surname, Sweden, and Norway, where it is a very rare surname. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Sweden, Denmark, and Spain. Much more prevalently, Торвальд is the forename as well as the last name.