Tanboura Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Tanboura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanboura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso601:305,8685,402
Mauritania171:240,87411,443
Palestine141:324,91811,054
Tunisia111:55,5117,191
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tanboura Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tanboura Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tanboura (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻧﺒﻮﺭﺍ) occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanboura? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,649,806th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Tanboura are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 305,868. In Burkina Faso Tanboura is most numerous in: Centre-Nord Region, where 88 percent reside, Sahel Region, where 7 percent reside and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 14 percent reside and Palestine, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tanboura Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanboura in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﺎﻧﺒﻮﺭﺍtanbwra66.67
ﺗﻨﻤﺒﺮtnmbr33.33

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Footnotes

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