The Niang surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 888 people carried this name — #27,228 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 172% from 326 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 270 people named Niang.
Most of them — 198 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 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 160 people named Niang 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
153 people named Niang live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 61 people named Niang 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
70 people named Niang 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
Niang in American newspapers,
1848–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 731 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Niang,
with a public archive behind them.
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Souleymane Niang 1929–2010 · mathematician -
Modou Niang 1945– · painter -
Hamane Niang 1952– · politician -
Rokhaya Niang 1953– · actor -
Mame Mandiaye Niang 1960– · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 56 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Niang.
- Neyer 619 · U.S. census
- Nez 4,827 · U.S. census
- Ng 31,210 · U.S. census
- Ngo 33,005 · U.S. census
- Nguon 443 · U.S. census
- Nguyen 437,645 · U.S. census
- Nicaise 154 · U.S. census
- Nicar 127 · U.S. census
- Nicastro 2,144 · U.S. census
- Niccolai 214 · U.S. census
- Nice 3,595 · U.S. census
- Nicholas 27,922 · U.S. census
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