The Diab surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,400 people carried this name — #19,334 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted. That is up 29% from 1,084 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Diab surname
Arabic surname, probably from ذئب (“wolf”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Diab» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 254 people named Diab live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 127 people named Diab.
Most of them — 79 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 71 people named Diab 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 Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
67 people named Diab live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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
360 people named Diab 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).
Who carried it
People named Diab,
with a public archive behind them.
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Muḥammad Diyāb Bik 1852–1921 · writer
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Muḥammad Diyāb Bik 1852–1921 · writer
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Muḥammad Diyāb Bik 1853–1921 · writer
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Muḥammad Diyāb Bik 1853–1921 · writer
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Mohamed Tawfiq Diab 1888–1967 · journalist
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Yussef Diab 1917–1984 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Diab.
- Deye 193 · U.S. census
- Deza 378 · U.S. census
- Dhaene 170 · U.S. census
- Dhaenens 119 · U.S. census
- Dhondt 450 · U.S. census
- Dia 1,145 · U.S. census
- Diabate 289 · U.S. census
- Diaby 559 · U.S. census
- Diagne 587 · U.S. census
- Diakite 789 · U.S. census
- Dial 10,997 · U.S. census
- Diallo 7,502 · U.S. census
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