The Diop surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,246 people carried this name — #13,506 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 131,600 people counted. That is up 164% from 852 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Diop surname
West African surname, probably a spelling variant of Diab.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Diop» (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 719 people named Diop.
Most of them — 527 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 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 654 people named Diop 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
394 people named Diop live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 228 people named Diop 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.
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 the Nordic population registers
160 people named Diop are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Diop in American newspapers,
1883–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,307 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Diop.
- Dio 244 · U.S. census
- Diogo 320 · U.S. census
- Dion 8,395 · U.S. census
- Dionis 123 · U.S. census
- Dionisi 193 · U.S. census
- Dionisio 1,934 · U.S. census
- Diouf 709 · U.S. census
- Diringer 103 · U.S. census
- Dirr 444 · U.S. census
- Disch 1,055 · U.S. census
- Discher 539 · U.S. census
- Dischler 340 · U.S. census
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