The Ndiaye surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,491 people carried this name — #12,460 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 119,000 people counted. That is up 157% from 971 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 564 people named Ndiaye 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 514 people named Ndiaye.
Most of them — 405 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 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
478 people named Ndiaye live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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 215 people named Ndiaye 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.
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
183 people named Ndiaye 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
Ndiaye in American newspapers,
1859–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ndiaye,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mamadou Ndiaye 1909–1985 · boxer -
Joseph Ndiaye 1922–2009 · curator -
Benjamin Ndiaye 1948– · Catholic priest -
Abdoulaye Ndiaye 1952– · businessperson -
Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye 1958– · mayor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 135 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ndiaye.
When the index is not enough
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