Diallo
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in French: Diallo: a surname from Fula (kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations))
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 37 countries · latest register: DGE, 2026
Diallo 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.
- 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
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)A Fula surname from French [in turn from Fula].
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
How Diallo is read
(measured from records)Diallo is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French78%
Diallo: a surname from Fula
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English9.1%
A Fula surname from French [in turn from Fula].
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where the surname Diallo is found
(measured from records)Diallo 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).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Diallo is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
West Africa
as a nameAfrican Names
In German, aus Senegal stammender männl. Vom., der in der Malinke-Sprache »der Kühne« bedeutet.
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Bold one.
as a nameThe African book of names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Abdou Diallob. 1996FRFrench-Senegalese footballer (born 1996)
- Hamidou Diallob. 1998USAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
- Amad Diallob. 2002CIIvorian association football player (born 2002)
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)56 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 37 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Diallo come from?
- A Fula surname from French [in turn from Fula]. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What does the name Diallo mean?
- In French, Diallo: a surname from Fula
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Diallo?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 million people named Diallo in Guinea, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled diallo. After it come Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Mauritania; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Diallo?
- In Spain, the national register counted 10,376 people named Diallo, about 1 in 4.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Diallo compared with other names?
- In Guinea, Diallo is the most common surname of 427 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Diallo?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dialloThe 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, “Diallo” — ranked 3rd in Guinea (DGE). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.