The Diarra surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 640 people carried this name — #35,203 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 170% from 237 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Diarra surname
French transcription of a Fula surname. This surname is mostly found in Mali.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Diarra» (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 781 people named Diarra.
Most of them — 549 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 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 112 people named Diarra 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
102 people named Diarra live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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
20 people named Diarra 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
Diarra in American newspapers,
1878–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 400 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Diarra,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Gabriel Diarra 1945–2019 · Catholic priest -
Mamadou Igor Diarra 1966– · politician -
Oxmo Puccino 1974– · writer -
Mamoutou Diarra 1980– · basketball player -
Alou Diarra 1981– · association football coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 111 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Diarra.
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