Coulibaliy Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Coulibaliy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Coulibaliy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania101:409,48616,302
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Mali11:16,969,0354,067

Coulibaliy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Coulibaliy Come From? nationality or country of origin

Coulibaliy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻟﻴﺒﺎﻟﻰ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Coulibaliy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Coulibaliy live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The last name Coulibaliy is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Guidimagha Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Mauritania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Coulibaliy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Coulibaliy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻮﻟﻴﺒﺎﻟﻰkwlybaly66.67
ﻛﻮﻟﻴﺒﺎﻟﻲkwlybaly33.33

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Coulibaliy
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