Torrence Surname Meaning & Origin
What the Torrence last name means, where the surname began and how it spread.
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Meaning and origin of the Torrence last name
Meaning of the Torrence last name: someone from Torrance in Lanarkshire or Stirlingshire. Torrence is a variant of Torrance, a habitational surname from places in Lanarkshire and Stirlingshire, from Gaelic torran, little hills. The last name was carried to Ulster and to Pennsylvania and North Carolina by Scots-Irish settlers in the eighteenth century.
Arms associated with the Torrence name
Sharing a surname establishes no coat of arms entitlement; heraldry follows documented individual lineages.
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Torrence name FAQ
What does the Torrence name mean?
Someone from Torrance in Lanarkshire or Stirlingshire.
Where does the Torrence surname come from?
It originates in Scotland, and is also found in the United States and Venezuela.
Is there a Torrence coat of arms?
Arms were granted to individuals rather than to everyone with a surname. Herald Lab paints a personalized Torrence coat of arms in museum style, based on historic heraldry.
Sources: Elsdon C. Smith, Dictionary of American Family Names (1956), individual surname entries; modern indexed dictionary entries supersede conflicting interpretations.; Forebears, Surnam.es and individual surname distribution references.