Serigne
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Chief
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/səʀiɲ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Serigne is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Senegal than in any other country, where it is the 18th most common given name.
- SNSenegal≈1 in 126(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 69K
- USUnited States1 in 821K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Senegal (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 137 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 126 (inferred from the name graph)
≈120,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Senegal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Chief
Sources 1
- A Handbook of African Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Serigne counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN Senegal | #18 | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 126 | 71 | Serigne | 62 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 38K | 3 | Serigne | 41 |
| FR France | — | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 69K | 430 | Serigne | 137 |
| ES Spain | — | 452 | 1 in 111K | 452 | Serigne | 43 |
| US United States | — | 405 | 1 in 821K | 403 | Serigne | 123 |
| MR Mauritania | #335 | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Serigne | 6 |
| IS Iceland | — | 4 | 1 in 88K | 4 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Abasse Ndioneb. 1946SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese writer (1946–2024)
- Serigne Mbayéb. 1975ESSenegalese and Spanish activist and politician
- Disizb. 1978FRnot in their usual nameFrench rapper, actor and writer
- Serigne Diopb. 1988FRfootballer
- Kara Mbodjb. 1989SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese footballer (born 1989)
- Magaye Gueyeb. 1990FRnot in their usual nameSenegalese-French footballer (born 1990)
- Serignesaliou Diopb. 2003JPnot in their usual nameJapanese association football player
- Serigne Saliou Mbacke Thiouneb. 2004ITItalian association football player
- Serigne Moustapha Diakhatéb. 2004SNSenegalese basketball player (born 2004)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 452 | #4,905 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 430 | #1,248 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 403 | #23,988 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 361 | #2,668 |
| SN Senegal | DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024) | 2024 | 71 | #20 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 25 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 23 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 15 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 12 | — |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 4 | — |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 3 | #2,784 |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Serigne mean, and where does it come from?
- Chief Recorded by A Handbook of African Names.
- How do you pronounce Serigne?
- A machine transcription gives /səʀiɲ/ (IPA) for French.
- Is Serigne a male or female name?
- Serigne is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Serigne have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 125 thousand people named Serigne in Senegal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled serigne.
- How common is the name Serigne?
- In Spain, the national register counted 452 people named Serigne, about 1 in 111 thousand residents.
- How common is Serigne compared with other names?
- In Senegal, Serigne is the 18th most common given name of 3,375 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/serigneThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Serigne” — the 18th most common given name in Senegal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.