Baş Surname

6,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88,088 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Baş Surname User-submission:

The Baş surname means 'head', 'leader', 'commader', 'beginning'.

Baş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey87,9251:885116
Northern Cyprus1431:2,231280
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

The alternate forms: Bas (34,453), Baš (298), Baś (10) & Bás (1) are calculated separately.

Baş (33) may also be a first name.

Baş Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Baş surname means 'head', 'leader', 'commader', 'beginning'.

- yildizbas

Baş Last Name Facts

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

The surname Baş is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Bas, Baš, Baś or Bás. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Baş? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,409th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 82,730 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Baş reside; 80 percent reside in West Asia and 80 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,807,719th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 33 people.

This surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is carried by 87,925 people, or 1 in 885. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 26 percent live, Samsun Province, where 6 percent live and Ankara Province, where 5 percent live. Aside from Turkey this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bas8934,453/
Baš89298/
Baś8910/
Bauş867/
Bahş861/
Bás781/
Bağış755,966/
Bağaş7583/
Bağiş753/
Baz67152,437/
Bac6719,963/
Baj6714,054/
Bax6711,744/
Baç67899/
Baß67542/
Boş67306/
Başsız67117/
Başova6742/
Bač6741/
Baţ674/
Bać673/
Vaş672/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Baş
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