Babah Surname
Approximately 3,265 people bear this surname
Babah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2,280 | 1:1,796 | 228 |
| Cameroon | 433 | 1:47,966 | 6,281 |
| Nigeria | 299 | 1:592,451 | 28,489 |
| Benin | 43 | 1:240,363 | 21,480 |
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| Liberia | 26 | 1:169,559 | 11,793 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Babah (1,459) may also be a first name.
Babah Demographics
Average Babah Salary in
United States
$69,162 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Babah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Babah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Babah (Arabic: بابه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺑﺎﻩ, Hindi: बाबह, Marathi: बाबह) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Babah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 137,284th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,232,020 people. Babah is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Babah live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 204,108th most commonly used given name at a global level. It is borne by 1,459 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2,280 people, or 1 in 1,796. In Mauritania it is most common in: Trarza Region, where 26 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 14 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 12 percent live. Apart from Mauritania it exists in 37 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 9 percent live.
Babah Last Name Statistics demography
Babah earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 60.29% more than the national average, earning $69,162 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Babah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Babah in the Hindi language | ||
| बाबह | babaha | - |
| Babah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﺑﺎﻩ | babah | 96.22 |
| ﺑﺒﺎﻩ | bbah | 2.43 |
| ﺑﺎﺑﻪ | babh | 0.63 |
| ﺑﺎﺑﺎ | baba | 0.18 |
| ﺍﺑﺎﺑﻪ | ababh | 0.09 |
| ﺍﺑﺎﺑﺎﻩ | ababah | 0.09 |
| ﺍﺑﻴﺎﻩ | abyah | 0.09 |
| ﺍﺑﻬﺎﻩ | abhah | 0.09 |
| ﺍﺑﺒﺎﻩ | abbah | 0.09 |
| Babah in the Marathi language | ||
| बाबह | babaha | 33.33 |
| बबह | babaha | 33.33 |
| बबन | babana | 33.33 |
| Babah in the Arabic language | ||
| بابه | babh | - |
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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 Babah
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