Tourè Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Tourè Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
The alternate forms: Toure (1,029,155) & Touré (24,897) are calculated separately.
Tourè Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tourè Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tourè is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Toure or Touré. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tourè? popularity and diffusion
Tourè is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Tourè is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Tourè live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 204,743. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 50 percent reside, Gorgol Region, where 35 percent reside and Guidimagha Region, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 10 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Tourè
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