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    The surname Traore

    A surname, carried by 1,973 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T660

    Traore: #14,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Traore #14,979, 1,973 people Traore: #14,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Traore #14,979, 1,973 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Traore is more common than 90.8% of them.

    Origin

    From Mandingo Tarawele.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,973 people named Traore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,485 Americans. That is up 299% since 2000, when the Census counted 495.

    #14,979
    rank among US surnames
    1,973
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +298.6%
    change since 2000 (was #41,448)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,970Hagopian1,975156,327
    #14,976Charland1,974156,406
    #14,979Traore1,973156,485
    #14,986Fuentez1,972156,565

    Who is named Traore

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Traore identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Traore

    Traore has the Soundex code T660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T660.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Traore come from?
    From Mandingo Tarawele.
    How common is the surname Traore?
    1,973 people in the United States had the surname Traore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,485 Americans. It ranked 14,979th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Traore?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Traore identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Traore getting more or less common?
    More common. 495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,973 in 2010, up 299%.