Bababa Surname

550,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Bababa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bababa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5501:322,07817,694
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Bababa (362) may also be a first name.

Bababa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bababa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bababa (Russian: Бабаба) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bababa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 550,571st most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 12,564,734 people. Bababa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bababa are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 457,558th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 362 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 550 people, or 1 in 322,078. In Nigeria Bababa is primarily found in: Bauchi, where 68 percent live, Gombe, where 19 percent live and Taraba, where 6 percent live. Besides Nigeria Bababa exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Afghanistan, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bababa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bababa in the Russian language
Бабабаbababa-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bababa
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