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    The surname Diop

    A surname, carried by 2,246 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D100

    Diop: #13,506 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Diop #13,506, 2,246 people Diop: #13,506 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Diop #13,506, 2,246 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Diop is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    West African surname, probably a spelling variant of Diab.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,246 people named Diop in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,465 Americans. That is up 164% since 2000, when the Census counted 852.

    #13,506
    rank among US surnames
    2,246
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +163.6%
    change since 2000 (was #26,829)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,497Bellino2,250137,220
    #13,502Nehring2,248137,342
    #13,505Fewell2,247137,403
    #13,506Dekker2,246137,465
    #13,509Klepper2,245137,526

    Who is named Diop

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

    91% of people named Diop identified as Black (not Hispanic), 4.3% as two or more races and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Two or more races 4.3%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Diop

    Diop has the Soundex code D100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D100.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Diop come from?
    West African surname, probably a spelling variant of Diab.
    How common is the surname Diop?
    2,246 people in the United States had the surname Diop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,465 Americans. It ranked 13,506th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Diop?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Diop identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Diop getting more or less common?
    More common. 852 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,246 in 2010, up 164%.