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
The last name Samoure (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻣﻮﺭ) is more frequently found in Senegal than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Samouré. Click here for further potential spellings of Samoure.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoure? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samoure is the 785,023rd most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samoure reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name in the world, borne by 12 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Senegal, where it is held by 356 people, or 1 in 40,953. In Senegal it is primarily found in: Sédhiou Region, where 57 percent are found, Ziguinchor Region, where 21 percent are found and Dakar Region, where 19 percent are found. Not including Senegal this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent are found and Mauritania, where 0 percent are found.
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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