How common is the surname Diallo?

7,502 people in the United States had the surname Diallo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,155 Americans. It ranked 4,730th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Diallo?

Hamidou Diallo, American basketball player (born 1998), followed by Ulysse Diallo.

Where is the surname Diallo most common?

Wikidata records people named Diallo in the United States and Mali.

Is the surname Diallo getting more or less common?

More common. 2,661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,502 in 2010, up 182%.

The surname Diallo

A French surname, carried by 7,502 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Diallo is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Diallo, in turn from Fula, possibly jalo (“hoe”). Doublet of Jallo, Jallow

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,502 people named Diallo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,155 Americans. That is up 182% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,661.

#4,730

rank among US surnames

7,502

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+181.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,975)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,724	Parikh	7,506	41,133
#4,726	Lei	7,504	41,144
#4,729	Berlin	7,503	41,150
#4,730	Diallo	7,502	41,155

Who is named Diallo

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Diallo identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 96%
White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Diallos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hamidou Diallo
American basketball player (born 1998)
Ulysse Diallo
Association footballer, born 1992
Rachel Dolezal
American transracial activist, born 1977

Notable Diallos come mostly from the United States (2) and Mali (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Diallo

Diallo has the Soundex code D400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D400.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Diallo come from?: Borrowed from French Diallo, in turn from Fula, possibly jalo (“hoe”). Doublet of Jallo, Jallow
How common is the surname Diallo?: 7,502 people in the United States had the surname Diallo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,155 Americans. It ranked 4,730th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Diallo?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Diallo identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Diallo?: Hamidou Diallo, American basketball player (born 1998), followed by Ulysse Diallo.
Where is the surname Diallo most common?: Wikidata records people named Diallo in the United States and Mali.
Is the surname Diallo getting more or less common?: More common. 2,661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,502 in 2010, up 182%.