The Bamba surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 994 people carried this name — #25,003 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 121% from 450 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 669 people named Bamba live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 216 people named Bamba.
Most of them — 151 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 126 people named Bamba 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
108 people named Bamba live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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/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
58 people named Bamba is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Bamba in American newspapers,
1880–1952.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,347 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bamba,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba 1853–1927 · poet -
Ahmad Bamba 1940–2022 · academic -
Youssoufou Bamba 1949– · politician -
Sol Bamba 1985–2024 · association football coach -
Amee Slam 1985– · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 41 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bamba.
- Balu 201 · U.S. census
- Balut 269 · U.S. census
- Baly 229 · U.S. census
- Balza 291 · U.S. census
- Balzano 1,288 · U.S. census
- Balzer 2,869 · U.S. census
- Bamberger 1,161 · U.S. census
- Ban 2,011 · U.S. census
- Bana 367 · U.S. census
- Banach 2,071 · U.S. census
- Banal 209 · U.S. census
- Banas 2,993 · U.S. census
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