Tamboure Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Tamboure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tamboure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamboure Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tamboure (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻣﺒﻮﺭﻯ) is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamboure? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Tamboure reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 3,058,683. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Sahel Region, where 67 percent are found, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 17 percent are found and Nord Region, where 17 percent are found. Beside Burkina Faso Tamboure occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 35 percent are found and Senegal, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamboure Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamboure in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻣﺒﻮﺭﻯ | tambwry | 50 |
| ﺗﺎﻣﺒﻮﺭﻱ | tambwry | 50 |
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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 Tamboure
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