Where Does The Last Name Baş Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Baş has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may also be rendered as: Bas, Baš, Baś or Bás. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Baş? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Baş is the 6,409^th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 82,730 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Baş live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 80 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,807,719^th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 33 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 87,925 people, or 1 in 885. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 26 percent reside, Samsun Province, where 6 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Turkey it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.