Tamoura Surname
Approximately 2,704 people bear this surname
Tamoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 1,484 | 1:7,974 | 295 |
| Mali | 645 | 1:26,309 | 898 |
| Mauritania | 386 | 1:10,608 | 1,090 |
| Algeria | 66 | 1:585,327 | 38,725 |
| Burkina Faso | 42 | 1:436,955 | 6,467 |
| Ivory Coast | 40 | 1:576,781 | 17,373 |
| Senegal | 33 | 1:441,798 | 2,028 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tamoura (20) may also be a first name.
Tamoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamoura (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻣﻮﺭﺍ) has its highest incidence in Guinea. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tamoura.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamoura? popularity and diffusion
It is the 161,121st most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,695,098 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tamoura live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 20 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Guinea, where it is held by 1,484 people, or 1 in 7,974. In Guinea Tamoura is primarily found in: Mamou Region, where 33 percent live, Kindia Region, where 17 percent live and Faranah Region, where 15 percent live. Apart from Guinea Tamoura occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Mali, where 24 percent live and Mauritania, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamoura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamoura in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻣﻮﺭﺍ | tamwra | 91.21 |
| ﺗﺎﻣﻮﺭ | tamwr | 2.2 |
| ﺗﺎﻣﻮﺭﻯ | tamwry | 1.1 |
| ﺗﺎﻣﺒﻮﺭﺍ | tambwra | 1.1 |
| ﺗﻮﻣﺎﺭﻭ | twmarw | 1.1 |
| ﺗﺎﻣﺮﺍ | tamra | 1.1 |
| ﺗﻤﻮﺭﻯ | tmwry | 1.1 |
| ﺗﺎﻣﺒﻮﺭﻱ | tambwry | 1.1 |
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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 Tamoura
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