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 last name Tamoura (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻣﻮﺭﺍ) occurs in Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamoura? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 161,121st most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,695,098 people. Tamoura occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tamoura reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most widespread forename on earth, borne by 20 people.
Tamoura is most frequently held in Guinea, where it is carried by 1,484 people, or 1 in 7,974. In Guinea Tamoura is most frequent in: Mamou Region, where 33 percent are found, Kindia Region, where 17 percent are found and Faranah Region, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Guinea Tamoura occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Mali, where 24 percent are found and Mauritania, where 14 percent are found.
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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