Traoré
Traoré or Traore is a surname of Manding origin, as written in French orthography, which is common in Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Guinea. In anglophone West Africa the name is often spelled Trawally.
Notable people with the surname include:
Politics
- Aminata Traoré, Malian politician
- Babemba Traoré, King of the Kénédougou Kingdom
- Demba Traoré,, Malian lawyer and politician, secretary of the Transnational Radical Party
- Diarra Traoré, Guinean former Prime Minister
- Dioncounda Traoré, Malian politician
- Elhadj Oumar Traoré, Guinean politician
- Lassana Traoré, Malian politician and diplomat
- Mamadou Lamine Traoré, Malian politician
- Mélégué Maurice Traoré, Burkinabé politician
- Moussa Traoré, former President of Mali
- Tieba Traoré, King of the Kénédougou Empire
Entertainment
Law
- Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré, Canadian academic and judge
Military
- Tiramakhan Traore, 13th-century general of the Mali Empire
Sports
- Abdoulaye Traoré, multiple people
- Abdou Traoré, Malian footballer
- Abdou Traoré, Malian footballer
- Abdoulaye Traoré, Burkinabé footballer
- Abdou Razack Traoré, Ivorian footballer
- Adama Traoré, multiple people
- Aissata Traoré, women's footballer from Mali
- Alain Traoré, Burkinabé footballer
- Ali Traoré, French basketball player
- Alou Traoré, Malian footballer
- Amara Traoré, Senegalese footballer and manager
- Armand Traoré, French footballer
- Astou Traoré, Senegalese basketball player
- Aya Traoré, Senegalese basketball player
- Bakaye Traoré, Malian footballer
- Ben Traoré, Malian footballer
- Bertrand Traoré, Burkinabé footballer
- Bio Aï Traoré, Beninese footballer
- Boubacar Traoré, Guinean marathon runner and torture victim
- Boubacar Traoré, Malian footballer
- Christian Traoré, Danish footballer
- Dambou Traoré, French footballer
- Dame Traoré, French footballer
- Demba Traoré, Swedish footballer
- Djimi Traoré, Malian footballer
- Dramane Traoré, Malian footballer
- Drissa Traoré, Ivorian footballer
- Eric Traoré, Senegalese footballer
- Eric Traoré, Burkina Faso footballer
- Fankélé Traoré, Nigerien footballer
- Hamidou Traoré, Malian footballer
- Ibrahima Traoré, Guinean footballer
- Idrissa Traoré, Malian footballer
- Idrissa Traoré, Malian footballer
- Issa Traoré, Malian footballer
- Ismaël Traoré, French footballer
- Jean-Victor Traoré, Burkinabé basketball player
- Kandia Traoré, Ivorian footballer
- Lacina Traoré, Ivorian footballer
- Lamine Traoré, Burkinabé footballer
- Madimoussa Traoré, French footballer
- Mahamane El Hadji Traoré, Malian footballer
- Mamary Traoré, Malian footballer
- Mody Traoré, French footballer
- Mohamed Traoré, multiple people
- Mouhamadou Traoré, Senegalese footballer
- Moussa Traoré, Ivorian footballer
- Mustapha Traoré, French footballer
- Ousmane Traoré, Burkinabé footballer
- Safradine Traoré, Beninese footballer
- Sambou Traoré, Malian basketball player
- Sammy Traoré, Malian footballer
- Seydou Traoré, Burkinabé footballer
- Youssouf Traoré, Ivorian footballer
