Meaning of the surname Torres
Torres is a Spanish surname of the from a place type meaning "towers". It is one of the 50 most common surnames in Mexico. Seventeenth in Mexico.
Taken from a town, region, or landscape feature in Spain, or later in Mexico: Castillo (castle), Rivera (riverbank), Navarro (from Navarre), Ibarra (Basque valley).
In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Torres appears as either half of a pair: Torres García, López Torres. Read how the two-surname system works.