Tamraz, also spelled as Tamras (, ) is a Neo-Aramaic and Lebanese Arabic surname. The surname is most predominantly used by ethnic Assyrians from West Asia. Additionally, there is a plateau (Dhour Tamraz) in Bikfaya, Lebanon named after a branch of the Tamraz family that descend from the village of Tel Keppe in the Nineveh Plains.
Notable people with this surname include: Cathy Baron Tamraz (born 1953), Business Wire’s Chairwoman and CEO Mar Elia Tamras, Assyrian bishop of Baghdad, Ukraine and Georgia Henrik Tamraz (1935–1996), Assyrian from Iran who competed in weightlifting in the Olympics Juliana Taimoorazy (born 1973), Assyrian activist and founder of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council Nayla Tamraz, Lebanese writer and art critic Roger Tamraz (born 1940), American banker and venture capital investor of Assyrian-Lebanese descent Victor Bet Tamraz, Assyrian pastor sentenced for Christian activities in Iran Mar Yohannan Tamraz, Chaldean Catholic bishop of Kirkuk
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