The Ba surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,451 people carried this name — #12,627 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 120,500 people counted. That is up 125% from 1,091 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,002 people named Ba live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 767 people named Ba.
Most of them — 562 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
222 people named Ba live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
67 people named Ba are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Ba in American newspapers,
1854–1953.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,050,750 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ba,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ba Weizu 1743–1793 -
Thierno Bâ 1926–2010 · writer -
Mariama Bâ 1929–1981 · writer -
Patrice Tran Ba Huy 1944– · chief physician -
Sangaré Niamoto Ba 1955– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 107 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ba.
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