Baş Surname
Approximately 88,088 people bear this surname
Baş Surname User-submission:
The Baş surname means 'head', 'leader', 'commader', 'beginning'.
Baş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 87,925 | 1:885 | 116 |
| Northern Cyprus | 143 | 1:2,231 | 280 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
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'.
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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.
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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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