The Diouf surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 709 people carried this name — #32,438 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 194% from 241 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 239 people named Diouf.
Most of them — 181 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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
181 people named Diouf live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 168 people named Diouf 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 Antwerp.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 77 people named Diouf 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 the Nordic population registers
43 people named Diouf 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
Diouf in American newspapers,
1882–1953.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 124 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Diouf,
with a public archive behind them.
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Assane Diouf 1908–1963 · boxer -
Abdou Diouf 1935– · lawyer -
Jacques Diouf 1938–2019 · engineer -
Coumba Ndoffène Bouna Diouf 1948– · politician -
Mamadou Diouf 1953– · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 76 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Diouf.
- 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
- Diop 2,246 · 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
- Diss 356 · U.S. census
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