Samoure Surname
Approximately 360 people bear this surname
Samoure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 356 | 1:40,953 | 736 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
The alternate forms: Samouré (2) are calculated separately.
Samoure (12) may also be a first name.
Samoure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoure Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samoure (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻣﻮﺭ) is more commonly found in Senegal than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Samouré. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoure? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 785,023rd most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samoure live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 12 people.
The last name Samoure is most widespread in Senegal, where it is carried by 356 people, or 1 in 40,953. In Senegal Samoure is most prevalent in: Sédhiou Region, where 57 percent reside, Ziguinchor Region, where 21 percent reside and Dakar Region, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Senegal it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent reside and Mauritania, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samoure Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samoure in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻣﻮﺭ | samwr | 33.33 |
| ﺳﺎﻣﻮﺭﻱ | samwry | 33.33 |
| ﺳﺎﻣﻮﺭﻯ | samwry | 33.33 |
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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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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Samoure
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