Koïta

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kɔita/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Koïta is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Senegal than in any other country. In Mauritania it is the 25th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 23K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.5M
  • SNSenegal≈1 in 1.3K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Senegal (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 people, est.

Sources
176 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Senegal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Koita in FR France, US United States, ML Mali and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Koïta counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Koïta is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SN Senegal#154≈13,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K3Koita17
ML Mali#40≈9,500 est.≈1 in 2K4Koita28
GN Guinea—≈5,300 est.≈1 in 2.4Klisted—5
CI Côte d’Ivoire—≈3,900 est.≈1 in 7K387Koita7
FR France—≈2,900 est.≈1 in 23K375Koita176
MR Mauritania#25≈1,100 est.≈1 in 3.6K—Koita8
US United States—2261 in 1.5M341Koita87

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Koïta is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Koita

  • French (Côte d’Ivoire) surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

    Also written Koita

  • French (Burkina Faso) surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Burkina Faso

    Also written Koita

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mauritania, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

    Also written Koita, Kôita

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Mali, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Koita, Koĭta

  • Hebrew surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel

    Also written קויטה, Koita

  • French (Guinea) surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Guinea

    Also written Koita

  • Japanese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, United States, Mali, Senegal

    Also written Koita

3 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Khady Koita, b. 1959Yah Soucko Koïta, b. 1980Sekou Koita, b. 1999

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Koïta, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Koïta
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ML MaliWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—4#51

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Koïta?
A machine transcription gives /kɔita/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Koïta have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Koïta in Senegal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled koita.
How common is the name Koïta?
In the United States, the national register counted 226 people named Koïta in 2010, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.
How common is Koïta compared with other names?
In Senegal, Koïta is the 154th most common surname of 3,622 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Koïta” — the 154th most common surname in Senegal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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