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Traore Surname Meaning

West African (Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, and Senegal; Traoré): from the name of the Traoré clan of the Bambara, Dyula, and Soninke peoples.

It possibly means ‘will call Tara’, referring to its founder Tara Maghan.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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