Diouf Surname

1,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 470,115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Senegal
Highest density in:
Senegal

Diouf Surname Definition:

This surname has been adopted by members of the Diouf or Joof clan. A historically important clan, they are recorded as far back as the 13th century, when a clan member was King of Laah (now part of Senegal.) The clan's totem is the antelope, which clan members are prohibited from harming.

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Diouf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Senegal455,1491:326
Mali2,7101:6,262396
Sudan2,2401:16,7462,298
Morocco2,2151:15,5652,337
Spain1,6981:27,5342,848
France1,5761:42,1465,297
Gabon8591:2,199375
United States6851:529,13744,078
Mauritania6651:6,158711
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
Ivory Coast2821:81,8134,436
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Guinea1951:60,686721
Brazil1771:1,209,46041,744
Canada1491:247,28623,510
Italy1441:424,69946,390
South Africa771:703,60750,359
Belgium601:191,61125,371
England551:1,013,05650,089
Switzerland521:157,94114,824
Niger481:399,83411,128
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Gambia361:53,429238
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Equatorial Guinea161:70,980225
Liberia131:339,11818,650
Qatar121:196,50026,891
China121:113,943,4645,994
Burkina Faso121:1,529,34212,810
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Togo91:805,3086,372
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Norway81:642,78647,258
Tunisia81:76,32812,820
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Benin41:2,583,90073,293
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Guinea-Bissau41:432,005185
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Diouf (802) may also be a first name.

Diouf Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname has been adopted by members of the Diouf or Joof clan. A historically important clan, they are recorded as far back as the 13th century, when a clan member was King of Laah (now part of Senegal.) The clan's totem is the antelope, which clan members are prohibited from harming. It is believed that members of the clan become antelope when they die.

— Forebears.io

User-submitted Reference

The surname Diouf means 'average', 'balanced', 'common'.

- oliver369

Diouf Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Diouf Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Diouf (Arabic: ضيو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﻑ) is carried by more people in Senegal than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Diouf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Diouf is the 1,135th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,502 people. The last name Diouf occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Diouf reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Diouf is also the 288,921st most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 802 people.

Diouf is most prevalent in Senegal, where it is borne by 455,149 people, or 1 in 32. In Senegal Diouf is mostly found in: Dakar Region, where 24 percent reside, Thiès Region, where 23 percent reside and Fatick Region, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Senegal this last name is found in 77 countries. It also occurs in Mali, where 1 percent reside and Sudan, where 0 percent reside.

Diouf Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Diouf last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Diouf surname are 42.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.59% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Diouf earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 85.31% less than the national average, earning €4,412 per year; in Norway they earn 19.88% more than the national average, earning 414,870 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 16.94% more than the national average, earning R 277,884 per year; in United States they earn 25.42% less than the national average, earning $32,182 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.63% less than the national average, earning $33,968 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dioufo9172/
Diouff915/
Dioouf915/
Dioiuf913/
Dhiouf911/
Duiouf911/
Deiouf911/
Dijouf911/
Diuf8922/
Djouf80166/
Doiuf807/
Deouf806/
Dioub804/
Diusf801/
Dioubo734/
Djoufe731/
Dihoufová711/
Diub6712/
Diuw678/
Dyuf672/
Doujouf671/
Djouffe671/

Diouf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Diouf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺟﻮﻑjwf91.5
ﺩﻳﻮﻑdywf5.23
Diouf in the Arabic language
ضيوdyw-
ديوفdywf-

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