Bangoura Surname
Approximately 243,326 people bear this surname
Bangoura Surname User-submission:
This surname originates in West Africa. It means 'warrior' and can most commonly be found in Sierra-Leone.
Bangoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 236,961 | 1:50 | 10 |
| Senegal | 1,538 | 1:9,479 | 370 |
| Mali | 1,291 | 1:13,144 | 602 |
| Morocco | 988 | 1:34,895 | 5,588 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| United States | 275 | 1:1,318,032 | 92,126 |
| Ivory Coast | 230 | 1:100,310 | 5,212 |
| France | 225 | 1:295,212 | 45,187 |
| Belgium | 178 | 1:64,588 | 10,378 |
| Spain | 78 | 1:599,385 | 28,019 |
| Canada | 50 | 1:736,912 | 58,785 |
| Germany | 41 | 1:1,963,548 | 108,338 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| Liberia | 37 | 1:119,150 | 9,110 |
| Croatia | 27 | 1:156,615 | 20,822 |
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
Bangoura (235) may also be a first name.
Bangoura Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname originates in West Africa. It means 'warrior' and can most commonly be found in Sierra-Leone.
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Bangoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bangoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bangoura (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻜﻮﺭﻩ) is most common in Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bangoura? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,253rd most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 29,950 people. The surname Bangoura occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bangoura live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Mande Africa. Bangoura is also the 584,346th most frequently used given name on earth, borne by 235 people.
This last name is most numerous in Guinea, where it is held by 236,961 people, or 1 in 50. In Guinea it is most common in: Kindia Region, where 31 percent reside, Boké Region, where 30 percent reside and Conakry Region, where 29 percent reside. Other than Guinea this last name occurs in 61 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 1 percent reside and Mali, where 1 percent reside.
Bangoura Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bangoura surname are 36.51% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 89.74% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bangoura earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.86% less than the national average, earning $40,191 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.24% less than the national average, earning $36,148 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bangoura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bangoura in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﻜﻮﺭﻩ | bnkwrh | 50 |
| ﺑﻨﻜﻮﺭﺍ | bnkwra | 16.67 |
| ﺑﺎﻧﻜﻮﺭﻩ | bankwrh | 16.67 |
| ﺑﺎﻧﻜﻮﺭﺍ | bankwra | 16.67 |
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