Ndiaye
surname · Latin script
Meaning: unexplained. Possibly from Arabic nadiy ‘generous’, ‘openhanded’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ndjaj/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ndiaye is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Senegal than in any other country, where it is the most common surname.
- SNSenegal≈1 in 22(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 5.3K
- ITItaly≈1 in 5.7K
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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 282 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 22 (inferred from the name graph)
≈730,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Senegal, 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 N'Diaye in MR Mauritania, CI Côte d’Ivoire, ML Mali.
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)
unexplained. Possibly from Arabic nadiy ‘generous’, ‘openhanded’ .
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ndiaye 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 | #1 | ≈730,000 est. | ≈1 in 22 | 482 | Ndiaye | 115 |
| FR France | #149 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | 756 | Ndiaye | 282 |
| IT Italy | #503 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | — | Ndiaye | 72 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | — | ≈9,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | 609 | N'Diaye | 14 |
| ES Spain | — | 8,560 | 1 in 5.8K | 8.6K | Ndiaye | 77 |
| ML Mali | #73 | ≈4,900 est. | ≈1 in 4K | 10 | N'Diaye | 22 |
| MR Mauritania | #23 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | 32K | N'Diaye | 24 |
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 noms de famille (1891–2000); DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); The page discusses common family names in Mauritania, reflecting the rich cultural heritage and diverse history of the c; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Souleymane Ndéné Ndiayeb. 1958SNSenegalese politician
- Pap Ndiayeb. 1965FRFrench historian and politician
- Marie NDiayeb. 1967FRFrench novelist and playwright
- Sibeth Ndiayeb. 1979SNFrench politician and communication adviser
- Badou Ndiayeb. 1990SNSenegalese association football player
- Cherif Ndiayeb. 1996SNSenegalese footballer (born 1996)
- Amath Ndiaye Diedhioub. 1996SNSenegalese association football player
- Iliman Ndiayeb. 2000FRSenegalese-French footballer (born 2000)
- Abdoulaye Ndiayeb. 2002SNSenegalese association footballer
- Bara Sapoko Ndiayeb. 2007SNSenegalese footballer (born 2007)
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 41 sources across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 8.6K | #652 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 8.6K | #652 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 676 | — |
| SN Senegal | DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024) | 2024 | 482 | #1 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 452 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 70 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 3 | — |
| ML Mali | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 1 | #174 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Ndiaye mean, and where does it come from?
- unexplained. Possibly from Arabic nadiy ‘generous’, ‘openhanded’ . Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Ndiaye?
- A machine transcription gives /ndjaj/ (IPA) for French.
- What are other forms of the name Ndiaye?
- In the etymology graph, N'Diaye is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Ndiaye have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 726 thousand people named Ndiaye in Senegal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ndiaye.
- How common is the name Ndiaye?
- In Spain, the national register counted 8,560 people named Ndiaye, about 1 in 5.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Ndiaye compared with other names?
- In Senegal, Ndiaye is the most common surname of 3,622 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ndiaye?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ndiayeThe 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, “Ndiaye” — the most common surname in Senegal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.