The Bangoura surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 288 people carried this name — #68,345 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 159% from 111 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 340 people named Bangoura live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 124 people named Bangoura.
Most of them — 98 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
42 people named Bangoura live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
29 people named Bangoura is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Bangoura in American newspapers,
1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bangoura,
with a public archive behind them.
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André Bangoura 1958– · surgeon -
Mohamed Lamine Bangoura 1958– · politician -
Hawa Bangoura 1959– -
Mathurin Bangoura 1962– · politician -
Mohamed Victor Bangoura 1978– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 44 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bangoura.
- Bandin 250 · U.S. census
- Bandini 255 · U.S. census
- Banegas 3,493 · U.S. census
- Banes 2,065 · U.S. census
- Banet 533 · U.S. census
- Baney 2,553 · U.S. census
- Banholzer 205 · U.S. census
- Bani 177 · U.S. census
- Bano 1,069 · U.S. census
- Banos 2,455 · U.S. census
- Bans 105 · U.S. census
- Banse 375 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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