Sidibe Surname

787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 673,340 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Mali

Sidibe Surname Definition:

The Sidibe clan are said to have taken the tana (totem) of a small bird (probably a canary.) it is said one of the clan became lost in an arid territory while chasing an elephant. The Sidibe fell asleep under a tree and upon awaking was guided to a stream and then to his village by the small bird.

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Sidibe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mali390,4341:438
Guinea106,2651:11120
Burkina Faso78,3221:23434
Ivory Coast62,2191:37145
Senegal24,9321:58591
France3,3291:19,9532,313
Spain1,5391:30,3783,091
Ghana9701:27,8563,309
Gabon8081:2,338404
Morocco7501:45,9687,487
Togo5251:13,8053,854
Mauritania5231:7,830849
United States4891:741,22558,038
Niger3841:49,9792,509
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Benin2211:46,7675,937
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Liberia1651:26,7182,589
Nigeria1491:1,188,87848,183
South Africa1231:440,46937,524
Congo1061:47,0674,372
Canada1011:364,80832,793
Belgium961:119,75717,631
England891:626,04636,944
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Russia361:4,003,418194,829
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
Tunisia111:55,5117,191
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
China61:227,886,92811,701
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401

The alternate forms: Sidibé (19,239) & Sidibè (3) are calculated separately.

Sidibe (12,522) may also be a first name.

Sidibe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The Sidibe clan are said to have taken the tana (totem) of a small bird (probably a canary.) it is said one of the clan became lost in an arid territory while chasing an elephant. The Sidibe fell asleep under a tree and upon awaking was guided to a stream and then to his village by the small bird. He forbade those of his clan from killing the bird.

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Sidibe Last Name Facts

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

Sidibe (Arabic: سيديب, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﺪﺑﻰ, Hindi: सीदीबे, Russian: Сидибе) is borne by more people in Mali than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Sidibé or Sidibè. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sidibe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 787th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 10,823 people. The surname Sidibe is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sidibe are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Mande Africa. Sidibe is also the 52,648th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 12,522 people.

The surname Sidibe is most frequent in Mali, where it is borne by 390,434 people, or 1 in 43. Without taking into account Mali Sidibe is found in 81 countries. It also occurs in Guinea, where 16 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 12 percent reside.

Sidibe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Sidibe surname is principally Muslim (63%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Sidibe last name are 35.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88.52% being registered with the political party.

The amount Sidibe earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 28.09% less than the national average, earning R 170,892 per year; in United States they earn 28.63% less than the national average, earning $30,796 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.2% less than the national average, earning $39,648 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sidibé9419,239/
Sidibè943/
Sidibeh924,691/
Sidibey9259/
Sidibet9223/
Sidibie926/
Sidibee924/
Saidibe921/
Seidibe921/
Ssidibe921/
Suidibe921/
Siddibe921/
Sidiber921/
Siddibee863/
Sedibe834,348/
Sidebe83113/
Sidube8373/
Sidiba8367/
Sidibi8364/
Zidibe8327/
Sidiby8322/
Sydibe8316/
Sidybe8313/
Gidibe8310/
Cidibe834/
Sidiwe832/
Jidibe832/
Sidive831/
Shidiwe77259/
Sidibay7786/
Sidibyo7755/
Sidiboy7741/
Sidebeh7713/
Sedibeh778/
Sid'ebe775/
Siddibi775/
Sedibey775/
Saidibi773/
Shidibi773/
Saidiba772/
Djidibe772/
Siddiba771/
Siddiwe771/
Sideibi771/
Sedibie771/
Sedibee771/
Chidibe771/
Sidjuie771/
Ssidibé771/
Sidibai771/
Shidieva7175/
Sidibhai7116/
Seidieva7116/
Siddibhi7110/
Saidieva717/
Siddibha714/
Siddiwue714/
Sidiobay714/
Saidibai713/
Siddibai713/
Siddisue712/
Saidubee711/
Sidiweis711/
Jaidiber711/
Sedgibey710/
Sediba67389/
Cidibi67254/
Sidjui67239/
Sidebi67109/
Sidubi6795/
Sideba6779/
Sedebe6744/
Zidibi6742/
Sidewa6731/
Sitdhiwej6718/
Sidewe6710/
Gidibi679/
Sideby678/
Sidevi676/
Sidiwy673/
Sydybe673/
Siddhivej673/
Sidiva672/
Sidiwa672/
Sedibi672/
Sediby672/
Sediwe672/
Cidybe671/
Siddhibai671/
Sideve671/
Shaidieva671/
Gidebe671/
Zidebe671/
Sidewy671/
Saidhaibi671/
Saidhebeh671/
Sedive671/
Gedibe671/
Sitdhivej671/
Zedibe671/
Sidevy670/

Sidibe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sidibe in the Hindi language
सीदीबेsidibe-
Sidibe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﻴﺪﺑﻰsydby62.21
ﺳﻴﺪﺑﻲsydby17.17
ﺳﻴﺪﻳﺒﻰsydyby14.27
ﺳﻴﺪﻳﺒﻲsydyby3.12
ﺳﻴﺪﺑﻪsydbh0.45
ﺳﻴﺪﺳﺒﻰsydsby0.11
ﺳﻴﺪﺍﺏsydab0.11
ﺳﺪﻳﺒﻰsdyby0.11
ﺳﻴﺪﻳﺒﺎsydyba0.11
Sidibe in the Russian language
Сидибеsidibe-
Sidibe in the Arabic language
سيديبsydyb-
سيديبيsydyby-

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