The Bacha surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 683 people carried this name — #31,924 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 266 people named Bacha.
Most of them — 142 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
34 people named Bacha live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Bacha in American newspapers,
1787–1937.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,257 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bacha,
with a public archive behind them.
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Abdallah Bacha 1928–1953 -
Edmar Bacha 1942– · professor -
Julia Bacha 1980– · documentary filmmaker -
Selma Bacha 2000– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 12 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bacha.
- Bacca 409 · U.S. census
- Baccam 706 · U.S. census
- Bacchetta 133 · U.S. census
- Bacchi 478 · U.S. census
- Bacci 512 · U.S. census
- Bach 11,375 · U.S. census
- Bache 919 · U.S. census
- Bachelier 172 · U.S. census
- Bacher 1,995 · U.S. census
- Bachini 138 · U.S. census
- Bachler 457 · U.S. census
- Bachmann 3,766 · U.S. census
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