Traora Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Traora Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Traora Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso371:496,0036,910
Ivory Coast71:3,295,89046,139
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Traorã (1) are calculated separately.

Traora Last Name Facts

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

The surname Traora (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺮﺍﻭﺭﻯ) is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Traorã. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Traora? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,776,799th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name Traora occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Traora live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 496,003. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 38 percent live, Cascades Region, where 35 percent live and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 27 percent live. Barring Burkina Faso it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Traorã941/
Traorea923/
Trajora921/
Traoira921/
Traorai921/
Traore832,424,789/
Traoré8350,429/
Traorè8324/
Traori832/
Traoro831/
Troara831/
Traouré77189/
Traoret77167/
Traoure7785/
Trahore7755/
T'Raoré7721/
Traorey7719/
Traotre7717/
Traorre777/
Traoore775/
Traoree774/
Traoere774/
Ttraore774/
Traorer774/
Traaore773/
Traoire772/
Traorhe772/
Ttraoré772/
Traoiré772/
Traouri772/
Treaore771/
Traoeré771/
Thraore771/
Treaoré771/
Trraore771/
Traorré771/
Traorez771/
T'Raore771/
Trahoure7114/
Troare67349/
Troaré6711/
Traiyarat672/
Troarè671/
Traoréová671/

Traora Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Traora in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﺮﺍﻭﺭﻯtrawry-

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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 Traora
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