Tamraz

Tamraz, also spelled as Tamras (Arabic: تمرز, Syriac: ܬܡܪܙ^[1][2]) 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.^[3]

Henrik Tamraz competing in weightlifting

Notable people with this surname include:

• Cathy Baron Tamraz (born 1953), Business Wire’s Chairwoman and CEO^[4]
• Mar Elia Tamras, Assyrian bishop of Baghdad, Ukraine and Georgia^[5]
• Henrik Tamraz (1935–1996), Assyrian from Iran^[6] who competed in weightlifting in the Olympics
• Juliana Taimoorazy (born 1973), Assyrian activist and founder of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council^[7]
• 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^[8]
• Mar Yohannan Tamraz, Chaldean Catholic bishop of Kirkuk^[9]