The Bah surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,690 people carried this name — #7,130 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,900 people counted. That is up 183% from 1,657 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 5,803 people named Bah 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
638 people named Bah live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 455 people named Bah.
Most of them — 358 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Paris.
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 Poland’s population register
23 people named Bah have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 87 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
507 people named Bah are counted in Sweden and Finland.
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
Bah in American newspapers,
1866–1944.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 329,183 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bah,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mahmoud Bah 1940– · writer -
Bah Oury 1958– · politician -
Hadja Maimouna Bah 1959– · politician -
Hamat Bah 1960– · politician -
Alice Bah Kuhnke 1971– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 100 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bah.
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