The Dieng surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 582 people carried this name — #38,103 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 143% from 240 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Dieng surname
A surname from Senegal.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dieng» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 167 people named Dieng 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
157 people named Dieng live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 146 people named Dieng.
Most of them — 120 — 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 115 people named Dieng 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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 the Nordic population registers
26 people named Dieng 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
Dieng in American newspapers,
1910–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 582 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dieng,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adama Dieng 1950– · lawyer -
Cheikh Ahmadou Dieng 1955– · diplomat -
Rose Dieng Kuntz 1956–2008 · computer scientist -
Abdoulaye Dieng 1989– · association football player -
Seny Dieng 1994– · association football player -
Sokhna Dieng Mbacké 1950– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 41 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dieng.
- Dieleman 295 · U.S. census
- Diem 1,771 · U.S. census
- Diemer 2,154 · U.S. census
- Diemert 571 · U.S. census
- Dien 340 · U.S. census
- Diener 2,900 · U.S. census
- Diep 6,168 · U.S. census
- Dier 691 · U.S. census
- Dierickx 275 · U.S. census
- Diers 1,299 · U.S. census
- Dies 988 · U.S. census
- Dieterich 1,148 · U.S. census
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