The Kaba surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,991 people carried this name — #14,870 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 149,300 people counted. That is up 74% from 1,147 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 751 people named Kaba 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
368 people named Kaba live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 208 people named Kaba.
Most of them — 147 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 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
91 people named Kaba have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 149 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Kaba 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
72 people named Kaba 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
Kaba in American newspapers,
1891–1946.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,297 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kaba,
with a public archive behind them.
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Abdourahmane Sinkoun Kaba 1904–1972 · politician -
Drissa kaba 1930–2023 · director -
Mory Sinkoun Kaba 1933–2015 · politician -
Ousmane Kaba 1955– · politician -
Sidibé Fatoumata Kaba 1959– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 87 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kaba.
- Justin 3,109 · U.S. census
- Justine 150 · U.S. census
- Juszczak 297 · U.S. census
- Juvenal 127 · U.S. census
- Ka 795 · U.S. census
- Kaas 620 · U.S. census
- Kacher 274 · U.S. census
- Kaczka 255 · U.S. census
- Kaczmarczyk 1,275 · U.S. census
- Kaczmarek 4,052 · U.S. census
- Kaczmarski 704 · U.S. census
- Kaczor 1,711 · U.S. census
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