Torrecilla
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Torrecilla is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. Recorded meaning: diminutive of torre.
- ESSpain1 in 14K(measured from records)
- ARArgentina1 in 87K
- UYUruguay1 in 26K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Spain (measured from records)
- Sources
- 115 (measured from records)
- 1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)
3,694 people
Highest-authority source
Spain
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
diminutive of torre
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Torrecilla counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | 3,694 | 1 in 14K | 3.7K | Torrecilla | 115 |
| CO Colombia | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 81K | — | Torrecilla | 30 |
| AR Argentina | 525 | 1 in 87K | 525 | Torrecilla | 36 |
| FR France | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 327K | 27 | Torrecilla | 107 |
| US United States | 165 | 1 in 2M | 198 | Torrecilla | 82 |
| VE Venezuela | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 182K | — | Torrecilla | 11 |
| UY Uruguay | 130 | 1 in 26K | 130 | Torrecilla | 12 |
3,694 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Luis Torrecillab. 1989UYUruguayan association football player
- Virginia Torrecillab. 1994ESSpanish footballer
- Francisco Perez TorrecillaESSpanish politician
- Iván TorrecillaESPh.D. Universidad de Barcelona 2009
- José S Torrecillaresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 3.7K | #1,407 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 3.7K | #1,407 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 525 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 198 | #98,131 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 165 | #107,669 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 130 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 38 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 27 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 27 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 25 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 16 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Torrecilla mean, and where does it come from?
- diminutive of torre Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Torrecilla have the most bearers?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 3.7 thousand people named Torrecilla, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled torrecilla.
- Where is Torrecilla most common?
- Torrecilla is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 14 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Torrecilla?
- In Spain, the national register counted 3,694 people named Torrecilla, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/torrecillaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Torrecilla”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.