The Diagne surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 587 people carried this name — #37,848 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 121% from 266 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Diagne surname
A Senegalese surname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Diagne» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 219 people named Diagne.
Most of them — 166 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
110 people named Diagne live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 101 people named Diagne 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 72 people named Diagne 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.
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 print
Diagne in American newspapers,
1915–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 382 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Diagne,
with a public archive behind them.
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Blaise Diagne 1872–1934 · mayor -
Adolphe Diagne 1907–1985 · physician -
Raoul Diagne 1910–2002 · association football coach -
Yves Diagne 1930–2013 · screenwriter -
Souleymane Bachir Diagne 1955– · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 49 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Diagne.
- Dhaenens 119 · U.S. census
- Dhondt 450 · U.S. census
- Dia 1,145 · U.S. census
- Diab 1,400 · U.S. census
- Diabate 289 · U.S. census
- Diaby 559 · U.S. census
- Diakite 789 · U.S. census
- Dial 10,997 · U.S. census
- Diallo 7,502 · U.S. census
- Diamant 554 · U.S. census
- Dian 258 · U.S. census
- Diana 3,090 · U.S. census
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