The Diawara surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 542 people carried this name — #40,371 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 233% from 163 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 418 people named Diawara.
Most of them — 294 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 116 people named Diawara 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
36 people named Diawara 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
28 people named Diawara 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
Diawara in American newspapers,
1840–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 39 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Diawara,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mariam Sy Diawara 1953– · businessperson -
Mamadou Diawara 1954– · ethnologist -
Adama Diawara 1960– · politician -
Kaba Diawara 1975– · association football coach -
Souleymane Diawara 1978– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 68 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Diawara.
- Diane 329 · U.S. census
- Diani 172 · U.S. census
- Diano 350 · U.S. census
- Diarra 640 · U.S. census
- Dias 16,044 · U.S. census
- Diaw 263 · U.S. census
- Diaz 347,636 · U.S. census
- Dib 684 · U.S. census
- Dibling 140 · U.S. census
- Dicharry 265 · U.S. census
- Dick 20,923 · U.S. census
- Dicker 1,225 · U.S. census
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