Díallo
surname · Latin script
Díallo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Guinea than in any other country, where it is the most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Fula, possibly jalo (“hoe”).
- GNGuinea≈1 in 6(inferred from the name graph)
- SNSenegal≈1 in 28
- MLMali≈1 in 39
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.
- Guinea (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 315 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6 (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,600,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Guinea, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Diallo in SN Senegal, ES Spain, GN Guinea and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Borrowed from Fula, possibly jalo (“hoe”).
Cited for this meaning 3
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- The African book of names
- Wiktionary
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Díallo 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GN Guinea | #1 | ≈2,600,000 est. | ≈1 in 6 | 35 | Diallo | 55 |
| SN Senegal | #3 | ≈670,000 est. | ≈1 in 28 | 336 | Diallo | 107 |
| ML Mali | #4 | ≈630,000 est. | ≈1 in 39 | 39 | Diallo | 57 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | — | ≈220,000 est. | ≈1 in 147 | 9.7K | — | 31 |
| MR Mauritania | — | ≈56,000 est. | ≈1 in 92 | 84K | — | 31 |
| ES Spain | — | 10,376 | 1 in 4.8K | 10K | Diallo | 85 |
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: The page discusses common family names in Mauritania, reflecting the rich cultural heritage and diverse history of the c; DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; DGE — Liste provisoire des candidatures communales Conakry 2026; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Díallo mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Fula, possibly jalo (“hoe”). Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and The African book of names and 1 other source.
- In which country does Díallo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 million people named Díallo in Guinea, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled diallo.
- How common is the name Díallo?
- In Spain, the national register counted 10,376 people named Díallo, about 1 in 4.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Díallo compared with other names?
- In Guinea, Díallo is the most common surname of 427 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/d%C3%ADalloThe 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, “Díallo” — the most common surname in Guinea. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.