This list of Hispanic last names starting with T is based on the 2010 United States census.
I have only included “T” surnames where at least 60% of the holders declared that they were Hispanic.
We’ve got the historic origins and meanings of the most common names in our lists. We also take a look at the Mexican census of 1930 and show comparisons with the United States.
Notes About Our Hispanic List
The U.S. census of 2010 included a question that asked if the person was “Spanish / Hispanic/ Latino”.
We used a cutoff of 60% to ensure that the last names were typically Hispanic.
Columns
The table shows you the number of people of this surname who declared on the census that they were Hispanic.
The next column what percentage this was of the total number of bearers.
The final column shows the total number of people with the name in the United States.
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Three Common Hispanic Last Names Beginning With T
These were the most common Hispanic surnames in the 2010 census.
Torres
Torres was the 37th most common name in the United States in 2010. There were over 437 thousand people with the name, with 92% declaring as Hispanic.
The meaning comes from the word for “towers”.
Historically, Torres was a habitational name. In other words, people who lived near places of this name adopted it as their surname in Medieval times.
Trujillo
There were over seventy-three thousand people named Trujillo in the 2010 census with 89% declaring as Hispanic.
Historically, the earliest bearers likely came from the place of that name in the Spanish province of Caceras.
Trevino
There were nearly sixty thousand people named Trevino in the 2010 census with 91% declaring as Hispanic.
Historically, the earliest bearers likely lived in places with the name in the Spanish provinces of Burgos or Cantabria.
Hispanic Surnames From Tabares To Taveres
Tapia is the most common last name in this section with over forty-nine thousand Americans who identified as Hispanic in the census.
The origins of the surname come from the word for a mud wall. Early bearers would have lived in villages and other places with this name.
| Last Name | # Who Declared Hispanic | % Declared Hispanic | # Total Holders |
| Tabares | 2,864 | 90.78% | 3,155 |
| Tabarez | 885 | 91.90% | 963 |
| Taboada | 1,834 | 88.43% | 2,074 |
| Tabora | 927 | 67.47% | 1,374 |
| Taborda | 657 | 85.66% | 767 |
| Tacuri | 859 | 97.06% | 885 |
| Tadeo | 1,970 | 75.48% | 2,610 |
| Tafolla | 3,333 | 93.00% | 3,584 |
| Tafoya | 7,971 | 78.81% | 10,114 |
| Tagle | 1,217 | 65.82% | 1,849 |
| Last Name | # Who Declared Hispanic | % Declared Hispanic | # Total Holders |
| Tagle | 1,217 | 65.82% | 1,849 |
| Talamante | 672 | 89.72% | 749 |
| Talamantes | 4,634 | 91.82% | 5,047 |
| Talamantez | 1,680 | 86.24% | 1,948 |
| Talavera | 6,948 | 89.34% | 7,777 |
| Tamayo | 13,912 | 84.45% | 16,474 |
| Tamez | 7,235 | 91.65% | 7,894 |
| Tanguma | 1,086 | 91.57% | 1,186 |
| Tapia | 49,250 | 93.54% | 52,651 |
| Tarango | 4,905 | 91.51% | 5,360 |
| Tarin | 3,166 | 69.98% | 4,524 |
| Tavarez | 9,733 | 95.41% | 10,201 |
| Tavera | 3,113 | 90.47% | 3,441 |
| Taveras | 9,202 | 96.05% | 9,580 |
From Tejada To Then
Tellez is the most common surname in this section with over twenty-one thousand bearers who declared Hispanic.
Tellez is a variant of the surname Tello, which is also in this list with less than half the number of bearers. Telles is also a variant of Tellez or Tello.
Tello dates back as a personal name to medieval times in European history.
| Last Name | # Who Declared Hispanic | % Declared Hispanic | # Total Holders |
| Tejada | 13,562 | 91.00% | 14,903 |
| Tejeda | 13,673 | 96.02% | 14,240 |
| Tejera | 873 | 90.47% | 965 |
| Telles | 3,944 | 75.41% | 5,230 |
| Tellez | 21,315 | 94.76% | 22,494 |
| Tello | 10,321 | 89.65% | 11,512 |
| Tena | 2,941 | 89.69% | 3,279 |
| Tenesaca | 707 | 98.19% | 720 |
| Tenezaca | 659 | 97.63% | 675 |
| Teniente | 684 | 95.53% | 716 |
| Tenorio | 6,629 | 76.82% | 8,629 |
Terrazas was a habitational name in Spanish history. This means that people who lived in a place of that name took it as their surname.
Terrazas is a place in the province of Burgos. The meaning comes from the word for terraces.
| Last Name | # Who Declared Hispanic | % Declared Hispanic | # Total Holders |
| Teran | 7,448 | 87.04% | 8,557 |
| Tercero | 2,264 | 94.22% | 2,403 |
| Terrazas | 9,894 | 93.61% | 10,569 |
| Terrero | 1,445 | 95.57% | 1,512 |
| Terriquez | 1,292 | 96.56% | 1,338 |
| Terrones | 4,070 | 91.50% | 4,448 |
| Texidor | 841 | 85.04% | 989 |
| Then | 1,386 | 65.75% | 2,108 |
| Last Name | # Who Declared Hispanic | % Declared Hispanic | # Total Holders |
| Tiburcio | 1,268 | 84.59% | 1,499 |
| Ticas | 777 | 96.04% | 809 |
| Tienda | 868 | 89.95% | 965 |
| Tijerina | 7,965 | 92.34% | 8,626 |
| Tinajero | 4,783 | 96.82% | 4,940 |
| Tineo | 2,408 | 86.25% | 2,792 |
| Tinoco | 9,260 | 95.40% | 9,707 |
| Tirado | 12,280 | 91.57% | 13,410 |
| Tiscareno | 1,885 | 94.53% | 1,994 |
| Tlatelpa | 799 | 99.13% | 806 |
From Tobar To Tovar
We’ve already covered Torres as one of the most common Hispanic surnames starting with T.
Here, we’ll look at Tovar, which is a variant of the less common name of Tobar. There are several places in Spain called Tobar.
The meaning comes from the word for volcanic rock. Early bearers likely lived near porous rocky outcrops.
| Last Name | # Who Declared Hispanic | % Declared Hispanic | # Total Holders |
| Tobar | 6,121 | 86.75% | 7,056 |
| Tobon | 1,834 | 93.38% | 1,964 |
| Toledano | 663 | 64.00% | 1,036 |
| Toledo | 15,272 | 78.42% | 19,474 |
| Tonche | 697 | 93.81% | 743 |
| Topete | 4,309 | 96.33% | 4,473 |
| Toral | 1,053 | 90.15% | 1,168 |
| Toribio | 4,098 | 87.58% | 4,679 |
| Toro | 8,720 | 81.88% | 10,650 |
| Torralba | 855 | 64.19% | 1,332 |
| Torres | 403,488 | 92.16% | 437,813 |
| Torrez | 15,183 | 90.40% | 16,795 |
| Torrico | 821 | 82.85% | 991 |
| Toscano | 5,690 | 61.18% | 9,301 |
| Tostado | 2,022 | 95.06% | 2,127 |
| Tovar | 30,919 | 94.38% | 32,760 |
From Travieso To Turrubiates
Trujillo and Trevino are the most common names in this section. We covered it earlier.
| Last Name | # Who Declared Hispanic | % Declared Hispanic | # Total Holders |
| Travieso | 1,022 | 91.74% | 1,114 |
| Trejo | 39,023 | 95.13% | 41,021 |
| Trejos | 1,025 | 94.12% | 1,089 |
| Treto | 1,164 | 95.33% | 1,221 |
| Trevino | 54,529 | 91.06% | 59,882 |
| Trevizo | 3,616 | 96.32% | 3,754 |
| Triana | 3,147 | 78.44% | 4,012 |
| Trigo | 1,038 | 82.45% | 1,259 |
| Trigueros | 1,801 | 95.19% | 1,892 |
| Trillo | 1,194 | 77.99% | 1,531 |
| Trinidad | 10,248 | 76.06% | 13,474 |
| Tristan | 3,797 | 81.80% | 4,642 |
| Last Name | # Who Declared Hispanic | % Declared Hispanic | # Total Holders |
| Troche | 2,251 | 85.69% | 2,627 |
| Trochez | 942 | 95.34% | 988 |
| Troncoso | 2,676 | 90.93% | 2,943 |
| Trujillo | 65,664 | 89.14% | 73,664 |
| Turcios | 6,808 | 96.25% | 7,073 |
| Turrubiartes | 1,209 | 98.05% | 1,233 |
| Turrubiates | 735 | 94.96% | 774 |
Common Mexican Last Names Starting With T
The Mexican government doesn’t release data from recent censuses. However, the 1930 Mexican census is available.
Let’s compare the numbers from 1930 Mexico with the names I’ve already discussed.
You can see that they don’t exactly align in terms of how common they are in the two different countries. But the order is pretty close!
| Last Name | Mexico 1930 | U.S. 2010 |
| Torres | 91,148 | 437,813 |
| Trujillo | 14,820 | 73,664 |
| Trevino | 9,790 | 59,882 |
| Tapia | 18,133 | 52,651 |
| Tovar | 7,644 | 32,760 |
| Tellez | 5,265 | 22,494 |
| Terrazas | 2,141 | 10,569 |
