Coulibally Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Coulibally Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Coulibally Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania121:341,23914,334
Burkina Faso81:2,294,01216,398
Ivory Coast41:5,767,80855,416
Senegal41:3,644,8366,064
England21:27,859,030389,889
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Coulibally Last Name Facts

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

Coulibally (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻟﻴﺒﺎﻟﻲ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Coulibally? popularity and diffusion

Coulibally is the 3,274,477th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Coulibally live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Guidimagha Region, where 33 percent live, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 17 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 8 percent live. Besides Mauritania this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 22 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Coulibally Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Coulibally in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻮﻟﻴﺒﺎﻟﻲkwlybaly83.33
ﻛﻮﻟﺒﺎﻟﻲkwlbaly8.33
ﻛﻮﻟﻴﺒﺎﻟﻰkwlybaly8.33

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Footnotes

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