Bá Surname
Approximately 836 people bear this surname
Bá Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 784 | 1:20,514 | 1,599 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 9 | 1:192,002 | 129 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Ba (1,320,521), Bâ (17,978), Bà (1,909), Bä (15) & Bã (1) are calculated separately.
Bá (53) may also be a first name.
Bá Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bá Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bá is carried by more people in Guatemala than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Ba, Bâ, Bà, Bä or Bã. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bá? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bá is the 416,195th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 8,717,160 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Bá live; 94 percent live in Central America and 94 percent live in Hispano-Central America. Bá is also the 1,366,219th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 53 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Guatemala, where it is borne by 784 people, or 1 in 20,514. In Guatemala Bá is primarily found in: Alta Verapaz Department, where 99 percent reside. Without taking into account Guatemala this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Bá
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