The Sidibe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 624 people carried this name — #35,945 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 170% from 231 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 551 people named Sidibe.
Most of them — 386 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 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 198 people named Sidibe 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
90 people named Sidibe live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
34 people named Sidibe 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
Sidibe in American newspapers,
1846–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sidibe,
with a public archive behind them.
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Modibo Sidibé 1952– · politician -
Mamady Sidibé 1979– · association football player -
Gabourey Sidibe 1983– · actor -
Nathalie Sidibé 1988– · cartographer -
Jasmine Sjöberg Sidibe 1991– · model -
Mamadou Sidibe 1918– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 33 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sidibe.
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