Toure Surname
Approximately 1,029,155 people bear this surname
Toure Surname User-submission:
The surname Toure means 'elephant' in Bambara language. Soninke originates from the Mali Empire. Toure is also a name for a clan, that resides along the Senegal river valley.
Toure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 372,494 | 1:46 | 9 |
| Ivory Coast | 248,675 | 1:93 | 15 |
| Guinea | 183,575 | 1:64 | 14 |
| Senegal | 175,978 | 1:83 | 21 |
| Burkina Faso | 17,327 | 1:1,059 | 165 |
| France | 6,835 | 1:9,718 | 921 |
| Togo | 4,725 | 1:1,534 | 155 |
| Ghana | 3,186 | 1:8,481 | 1,157 |
| United States | 2,268 | 1:159,814 | 16,280 |
| Morocco | 1,908 | 1:18,069 | 2,767 |
| Liberia | 1,771 | 1:2,489 | 323 |
| Benin | 1,714 | 1:6,030 | 810 |
| Spain | 1,675 | 1:27,912 | 2,884 |
| Mauritania | 1,119 | 1:3,659 | 445 |
| Niger | 911 | 1:21,067 | 1,312 |
| Gabon | 808 | 1:2,338 | 404 |
| Chad | 770 | 1:17,652 | 2,191 |
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| Belgium | 329 | 1:34,944 | 5,686 |
| Canada | 329 | 1:111,993 | 11,960 |
| England | 293 | 1:190,164 | 16,878 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Iran | 125 | 1:614,260 | 33,895 |
| Congo | 118 | 1:42,280 | 3,996 |
| Brazil | 99 | 1:2,162,367 | 67,701 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| South Africa | 84 | 1:644,973 | 47,754 |
| Tanzania | 81 | 1:653,600 | 39,027 |
| Netherlands | 78 | 1:216,502 | 29,188 |
| Italy | 76 | 1:804,693 | 63,729 |
| United Arab Emirates | 75 | 1:122,164 | 10,258 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74 | 1:110,185 | 14,934 |
| Germany | 72 | 1:1,118,131 | 74,279 |
| Sierra Leone | 49 | 1:144,686 | 305 |
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Switzerland | 40 | 1:205,323 | 17,881 |
| Gambia | 36 | 1:53,429 | 238 |
| Russia | 31 | 1:4,649,131 | 213,487 |
| Sweden | 31 | 1:317,637 | 22,171 |
| Luxembourg | 29 | 1:20,019 | 4,535 |
| China | 28 | 1:48,832,913 | 2,633 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Austria | 27 | 1:315,386 | 35,058 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Ireland | 23 | 1:204,736 | 8,142 |
| Tunisia | 21 | 1:29,077 | 4,362 |
| Monaco | 19 | 1:1,951 | 96 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Lithuania | 14 | 1:216,756 | 15,381 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Cape Verde | 4 | 1:132,410 | 4,291 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Touré (24,897) & Tourè (31) are calculated separately.
Toure (45,123) may also be a first name.
Toure Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Toure means 'elephant' in Bambara language. Soninke originates from the Mali Empire. Toure is also a name for a clan, that resides along the Senegal river valley.
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Toure Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Toure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Toure Come From? nationality or country of origin
Toure (Arabic: تورى, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﺭﻯ, Marathi: तौरे) is carried by more people in Mali than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Touré or Tourè. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Toure? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 526th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,081 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Toure live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Mande Africa. Toure is also the 20,146th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 45,123 people.
Toure is most widespread in Mali, where it is borne by 372,494 people, or 1 in 46. Barring Mali this surname occurs in 104 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent are found and Guinea, where 18 percent are found.
Toure Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Toure has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 28,350 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 2,300 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Toure Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Toure are 40.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.67% being registered with the political party.
The amount Toure earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 80.08% less than the national average, earning €5,983 per year; in South Africa they earn 42.69% less than the national average, earning R 136,200 per year; in United States they earn 18.77% less than the national average, earning $35,050 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.67% less than the national average, earning $33,453 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Toure Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Toure in the Marathi language | ||
| तौरे | taure | 80 |
| तोउरे | to'ure | 20 |
| Toure in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﺭﻯ | twry | 73.48 |
| ﺗﻮﺭﻱ | twry | 23.92 |
| ﺗﻮﺭﻩ | twrh | 0.74 |
| ﺗﺮﺍﻭﺭﻯ | trawry | 0.06 |
| ﺗﻮﺭﺭﻯ | twrry | 0.06 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻢ | salm | 0.06 |
| ﺍﺗﺮﺍﻭﺭﻯ | atrawry | 0.06 |
| ﺗﺰﺭﻯ | tzry | 0.06 |
| Toure in the Arabic language | ||
| تورى | twry | - |
| توري | twry | - |
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