Coulybaly Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Coulybaly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Coulybaly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso601:305,8685,402
Ivory Coast591:391,03813,490
Senegal311:470,3012,103
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
France11:66,422,722504,397
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Coulybaly Last Name Facts

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

Coulybaly (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻟﻴﺒﺎﻟﻰ) is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Coulybaly? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,359,010th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Coulybaly live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 305,868. In Burkina Faso it is most prevalent in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 43 percent are found, Cascades Region, where 20 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 20 percent are found. Excluding Burkina Faso it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 36 percent are found and Senegal, where 19 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Coulybaly Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Coulybaly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻮﻟﻴﺒﺎﻟﻰkwlybaly-

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Footnotes

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