Colibă Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Colibă Surname User-submission:

The Colibă surname comes from a word for 'small triangular construction usually made of hay positioned on the fields'. The peasants used to take cover from the sun, while resting from a long day of working the field. Also they used to sleep in them at night in order to protect the crops from thieves.

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Colibă Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1001:200,77920,025

The alternate forms: Coliba (492) are calculated separately.

Colibă Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Colibă surname comes from a word for 'small triangular construction usually made of hay positioned on the fields'. The peasants used to take cover from the sun, while resting from a long day of working the field. Also they used to sleep in them at night in order to protect the crops from thieves.

- roxanacoliba

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coliba94492/
Colibo835/
Colibe830/
Colibas7773/
Colibet7734/
Coliber7716/
Colibei7711/
Couliba773/
Colibaș772/
Colibat772/
Coulibi771/
Colibad771/
Colibaş771/
Colliby771/
Collibe771/
Colibio771/
Colibap770/
Coulibay71861/
Colibeau71385/
Collibee7180/
Collibet711/
Coylibay711/
Coolibge711/
Coulibey711/
Colliber710/
Calibo674,981/
Coleby671,093/
Kolibi67952/
Caliba67777/
Koliba67775/
Soliba67277/
Coliva67182/
Kolibo6746/
Colibeaux6743/
Kolibe6722/
Calibe678/
Coluba676/
Calibi674/
Joliba673/
Calibè673/
Solibo672/
Coulaibay671/
Colebo671/
Colive671/
Coliwa671/
Colevi671/
Collisber671/
Culiba671/
Coleba670/
Caliby670/

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