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The Traore surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,973 people carried this name — #14,979 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 149,300 people counted. That is up 299% from 495 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Traore surname

Borrowed from Mandingo Tarawele.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Traoré» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,691 people named Traore.

Most of them — 1,159 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Paris.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 1,159
Paris 159
Seine-Saint-Denis 91
Hauts-de-Seine 35
Val-de-Marne 32
Essonne 26
Yvelines 21
Val-d’Oise 20
Oise 11

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 651 people named Traore 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 map

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 271
Liège 108
Antwerp 83
East Flanders 51
Hainaut 49
Flemish Brabant 29
West Flanders 28
Namur 21

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

298 people named Traore live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 92
Geneva 90
Zurich 36
Basel-Landschaft 18
Bern 14
Fribourg 14
St. Gallen 10
Aargau 10

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

111 people named Traore are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 86
Finland (2026) 25

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Traore in American newspapers,
1869–1962.

Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-Rico carrying the name Traore
Gazeta De Puerto-Rico 1892-10-01
Newspaper page from The Burke County News carrying the name Traore
The Burke County News 1900-09-07
Newspaper page from The Crook County Monitor carrying the name Traore
The Crook County Monitor 1915-12-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 392 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Traore,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Theresa Traore Dahlberg
    Theresa Traore Dahlberg 1983– · film director
  • Mamery Traore 1966– · linguist
  • Oumar Traore 1973– · basketball player
  • Drissa Traore 1982– · basketball player
  • Alpha Traore 1983– · basketball player
  • Amadou Traore 1984– · basketball player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 71 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Traore.

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