Bâ Surname

29,771st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,978 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Bâ Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bâ Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania16,4141:24932
Mali1,4201:11,950576
Guinea1091:108,567858
Benin121:861,30044,192
France61:11,070,454349,096
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
England11:55,718,059489,080
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Ba (1,320,521), (1,909), (836), (15), (3), (1), (1) & Ḅa (1) are calculated separately.

(1,780) may also be a first name.

Bâ Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bâ is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Ba, , , , , , or Ḅa. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bâ? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 29,771st most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 405,359 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bâ live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 181,312th most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 1,780 people.

The surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 16,414 people, or 1 in 249. In Mauritania Bâ is mostly found in: Gorgol Region, where 40 percent reside, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 17 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 11 percent reside. Beside Mauritania Bâ exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 8 percent reside and Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ba831,320,521/
831,909/
83836/
8315/
833/
831/
831/
Bâh802,519/
Bâz801/
Bhâ801/
B674,556/
Bâță671/
Ḅa671/

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