Baba Forename
1,736th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 575,786 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Gambia
Baba Forename Definition:
Baba is a given name of the Ngoni tribe, meaning: (Title) A salutation with respect assigned to males. Such as Sir or Mister.
Baba Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 234,496 | 1:757 | 116 |
| India | 100% | 128,487 | 1:9,455 | 1,245 |
| Mali | 95% | 33,413 | 1:508 | 93 |
| Senegal | 99% | 23,819 | 1:612 | 108 |
| China | - | 16,701 | 1:81,795 | 10,082 |
| Ghana | 83% | 13,541 | 1:1,993 | 338 |
| Mauritania | 93% | 13,001 | 1:315 | 41 |
| Afghanistan | 93% | 10,849 | 1:3,007 | 496 |
| Guinea | 100% | 9,198 | 1:1,289 | 178 |
| Ivory Coast | 94% | 8,895 | 1:2,594 | 284 |
| Gambia | - | 7,074 | 1:272 | 68 |
| Iran | 100% | 6,044 | 1:12,988 | 895 |
| Burkina Faso | 92% | 5,919 | 1:3,105 | 434 |
| Chad | 87% | 5,623 | 1:2,418 | 334 |
| Indonesia | 98% | 5,007 | 1:51,521 | 6,516 |
| Pakistan | 85% | 4,562 | 1:42,604 | 2,592 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 3,966 | 1:2,913 | 417 |
| South Africa | 61% | 3,103 | 1:17,574 | 2,555 |
| Egypt | 76% | 2,776 | 1:33,106 | 2,170 |
| Togo | - | 2,720 | 1:2,661 | 437 |
| DR Congo | 91% | 2,650 | 1:27,859 | 2,096 |
| Cameroon | 92% | 2,628 | 1:8,223 | 1,069 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2,627 | 1:3,671 | 685 |
| Benin | 100% | 2,486 | 1:4,254 | 762 |
| Syria | - | 2,431 | 1:7,942 | 754 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,380 | 1:15,885 | 1,693 |
| Morocco | 100% | 2,293 | 1:14,980 | 1,030 |
| Niger | 65% | 1,655 | 1:11,592 | 1,046 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,632 | 1:18,880 | 2,474 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,350 | 1:19,975 | 1,690 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,271 | 1:76,759 | 6,049 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,153 | 1:45,783 | 3,464 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| United States | 95% | 925 | 1:391,932 | 11,221 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 886 | 1:34,368 | 3,081 |
| Singapore | - | 866 | 1:7,260 | 1,241 |
| Nepal | 65% | 770 | 1:36,997 | 2,967 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 715 | 1:29,090 | 3,562 |
| Turkey | 100% | 715 | 1:108,814 | 3,307 |
| Algeria | 98% | 699 | 1:54,616 | 1,832 |
| Spain | 100% | 429 | 1:108,461 | 3,016 |
| Vietnam | 86% | 402 | 1:230,406 | 1,398 |
| Russia | 67% | 338 | 1:426,727 | 4,943 |
| England | 87% | 335 | 1:165,979 | 5,244 |
| Poland | 73% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| France | 100% | 319 | 1:208,371 | 3,323 |
| Hong Kong | - | 309 | 1:25,090 | 2,190 |
| Somalia | - | 239 | 1:56,594 | 2,774 |
| Uganda | 96% | 229 | 1:178,851 | 6,467 |
| Kuwait | - | 228 | 1:16,602 | 1,838 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 188 | 1:38,043 | 3,551 |
| Canada | 67% | 164 | 1:202,033 | 7,681 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54% | 150 | 1:54,349 | 5,252 |
| Qatar | 100% | 143 | 1:16,571 | 2,482 |
| Liberia | 78% | 129 | 1:34,202 | 2,019 |
| Philippines | 60% | 104 | 1:1,019,322 | 27,617 |
| Congo | 90% | 99 | 1:50,598 | 3,820 |
| Germany | 89% | 83 | 1:1,164,794 | 8,548 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Brazil | 100% | 65 | 1:3,295,941 | 59,155 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| Israel | 63% | 59 | 1:142,422 | 5,223 |
| Iraq | 100% | 58 | 1:603,756 | 6,195 |
| Botswana | 67% | 53 | 1:41,216 | 4,268 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 47 | 1:116,444 | 1,215 |
| Georgia | 94% | 40 | 1:93,462 | 3,512 |
| Italy | 53% | 33 | 1:1,850,366 | 13,218 |
| Thailand | 82% | 33 | 1:2,123,206 | 57,616 |
| Belarus | 78% | 28 | 1:338,657 | 2,468 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 94% | 28 | 1:213,331 | 9,985 |
| Sweden | 86% | 27 | 1:365,108 | 10,445 |
| Kenya | - | 26 | 1:1,781,043 | 20,128 |
| Netherlands | 92% | 26 | 1:650,080 | 13,961 |
| Austria | 100% | 25 | 1:340,568 | 3,811 |
| Kazakhstan | 75% | 25 | 1:709,874 | 8,915 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 25 | 1:283,547 | 466 |
| Belgium | 100% | 22 | 1:522,275 | 8,300 |
| Ukraine | 52% | 22 | 1:2,068,178 | 5,166 |
| Zimbabwe | 73% | 21 | 1:734,467 | 28,972 |
| Oman | - | 20 | 1:205,433 | 3,270 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Norway | 100% | 15 | 1:342,155 | 7,099 |
| Switzerland | 53% | 15 | 1:547,566 | 8,396 |
| Australia | - | 13 | 1:1,050,586 | 12,238 |
| Denmark | - | 10 | 1:564,950 | 8,399 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Scotland | 100% | 9 | 1:594,485 | 7,010 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 9 | 1:151,269 | 9,102 |
| Jordan | 67% | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 7 | 1:2,324,761 | 25,689 |
| Hungary | 98% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Iceland | - | 7 | 1:52,288 | 2,981 |
| Lesotho | 86% | 6 | 1:340,000 | 19,758 |
| Croatia | - | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Finland | 70% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Moldova | - | 5 | 1:712,228 | 3,885 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Albania | - | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Mexico | - | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Wales | - | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | 69% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Babá (3), Bábá (29), Bàbá (2), Bàbà (1), Bába (1) & Bâbâ (1) are calculated separately.
Baba (865,101) may also be a surname.
Baba Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Baba is a given name of the Ngoni tribe, meaning: (Title) A salutation with respect assigned to males. Such as Sir or Mister.
— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
Baba Forename Popularity
Baba Demographics
Baba Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 122 (2014)
United States
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Baba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baba in the Russian language | ||
| Баба | baba | - |
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