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 found most frequently in Senegal. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Samouré. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoure? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 785,023rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. It 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 widely held forename at a global level, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Senegal, where it is borne by 356 people, or 1 in 40,953. In Senegal it is most common in: Sédhiou Region, where 57 percent reside, Ziguinchor Region, where 21 percent reside and Dakar Region, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Senegal this surname 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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