The Doumbia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 616 people carried this name — #36,337 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 179% from 221 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Doumbia surname
African surname typical of Mali.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Doumbia» (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 225 people named Doumbia.
Most of them — 159 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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 102 people named Doumbia 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
49 people named Doumbia live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
32 people named Doumbia 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
Doumbia in American newspapers,
1911–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Doumbia.
- Douet 240 · U.S. census
- Douge 293 · U.S. census
- Douget 278 · U.S. census
- Douglas 101,458 · U.S. census
- Douin 113 · U.S. census
- Doumas 195 · U.S. census
- Dour 209 · U.S. census
- Douris 140 · U.S. census
- Doute 153 · U.S. census
- Doutre 225 · U.S. census
- Douvier 230 · U.S. census
- Douville 819 · U.S. census
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