Samoura Surname
Approximately 37,085 people bear this surname
Samoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 25,700 | 1:460 | 59 |
| Mali | 5,098 | 1:3,329 | 260 |
| Senegal | 4,665 | 1:3,125 | 213 |
| Morocco | 648 | 1:53,204 | 8,802 |
| France | 353 | 1:188,166 | 29,257 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Burkina Faso | 88 | 1:208,547 | 4,454 |
| Ivory Coast | 60 | 1:384,521 | 13,351 |
| Spain | 56 | 1:834,858 | 33,799 |
| Brazil | 51 | 1:4,197,536 | 113,076 |
| United States | 42 | 1:8,629,975 | 373,648 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Samoura (459) may also be a first name.
Samoura Demographics
Samoura Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Samoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samoura (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻣﻮﺭﺍ, Hindi: समौरा) is found in Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoura? popularity and diffusion
Samoura is the 15,016th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,509 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Samoura are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Mande Africa. Samoura is also the 398,330th most common first name in the world It is held by 459 people.
Samoura is most commonly occurring in Guinea, where it is borne by 25,700 people, or 1 in 460. In Guinea Samoura is mostly concentrated in: Faranah Region, where 60 percent live, Kankan Region, where 12 percent live and Conakry Region, where 12 percent live. Excluding Guinea Samoura exists in 36 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 14 percent live and Senegal, where 13 percent live.
Samoura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Samoura earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 49.76% less than the national average, earning $21,677 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samoura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samoura in the Hindi language | ||
| समौरा | samaura | - |
| Samoura in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻣﻮﺭﺍ | samwra | 71.43 |
| ﺳﺎﻣﻮﺭﻱ | samwry | 14.29 |
| ﺳﺎﻣﻮﺭﻯ | samwry | 14.29 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Samoura
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