The Coulibaly surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,096 people carried this name — #23,251 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 175% from 399 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,034 people named Coulibaly.
Most of them — 764 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 271 people named Coulibaly live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
174 people named Coulibaly live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
51 people named Coulibaly is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Coulibaly in American newspapers,
1914–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Coulibaly,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lassana Zana Coulibaly 1870–1970 -
Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly 1909–1958 · politician -
Insa Coulibaly 1916–1981 · politician -
Adama Coulibaly 1942– · politician -
Alioune Badara Coulibaly 1945– · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 161 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Coulibaly.
- Couchot 192 · U.S. census
- Coudret 125 · U.S. census
- Coudriet 483 · U.S. census
- Coudron 126 · U.S. census
- Couillard 1,340 · U.S. census
- Coulanges 238 · U.S. census
- Coulier 102 · U.S. census
- Coulon 953 · U.S. census
- Coupe 924 · U.S. census
- Coupel 212 · U.S. census
- Coupet 149 · U.S. census
- Cour 173 · U.S. census
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