Tamraz
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 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, Business Wire’s Chairwoman and CEO
- Mar Elia Tamras, Assyrian bishop of Baghdad, Ukraine and Georgia
- Henrik Tamraz, Assyrian from Iran who competed in weightlifting in the Olympics
- Juliana Taimoorazy, Assyrian activist and founder of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council
- Nayla Tamraz, Lebanese writer and art critic
- Roger Tamraz, 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