Torno

See also: torno, tornó, and tornò

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• Borrowed from Italian Torno, a metonymic occupational surname for a turner, from torno, older form of tornio (“lathe”).
• Borrowed from Spanish Torno, a habitational surname from the village of El Torno, in Extremadura.
• Altered spelling of a German or Polish habitational surname from the city of Tarnów, in Poland.

Proper noun

Torno (plural Tornos)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Torno is the 39887^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 550 individuals. Torno is most common among White (66.0%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (25.45%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Torno”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

Metonymic occupational surname for a turner, from torno, older form of tornio (“lathe”).

Proper noun

Torno m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2024