How common is the surname Ndiaye?

2,491 people in the United States had the surname Ndiaye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,944 Americans. It ranked 12,460th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ndiaye getting more or less common?

More common. 971 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,491 in 2010, up 157%.

The surname Ndiaye

A surname, carried by 2,491 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ndiaye is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,491 people named Ndiaye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,944 Americans. That is up 157% since 2000, when the Census counted 971.

#12,460

rank among US surnames

2,491

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+156.5%

change since 2000 (was #24,200)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,452	Karlin	2,493	123,845
#12,454	Evert	2,492	123,895
#12,460	Hallowell	2,491	123,944
#12,467	Como	2,490	123,994

Who is named Ndiaye

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

94% of people named Ndiaye identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 2.5%
White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%

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

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Ndiaye

Nida

Ndiaye has the Soundex code N300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N300.

Questions

How common is the surname Ndiaye?: 2,491 people in the United States had the surname Ndiaye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,944 Americans. It ranked 12,460th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ndiaye?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ndiaye identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Ndiaye getting more or less common?: More common. 971 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,491 in 2010, up 157%.