<P> Torres (sometimes spelled Torrez) is a surname in the Portuguese and Spanish languages, meaning "Towers". </P> <P> A name given to a person who lived in or near a tower, from the Latin "turris ." Torres is the 50th most popular surname in the United States and the 11th most popular Spanish surname . It is a common surname in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Spain, Portugal, Colombia, Peru, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and the Philippines, among others . In Italy, among other countries, it is found as a Sephardic surname . </P>

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