Baba is used as a family name or surname in Greek. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Baba
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Greek
Meaning: German Bube, a boy. In Greek, Bab an inarticulate sound, as of an infnt crying out; hence, a little child; to say Baba, that is the father or Papa. The word is prevalent in many languages and signifies a young child of either sex.

How popular is Baba?

Baba is common in Japan.

Baba is ranked 803 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Babas grew by 13.91821 per cent to 1727 since 2000 and ranked 16601 after elevating 613 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 48.58 44.72
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 32.83 35.75
Black 11.7 7.06
Others 3.65 9.76
Baba is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Mauritania is ahead in terms of density. Around 650105 people have been found who wears Baba as their family name. Baba is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,707 Armenia9
13 Central African Republic7
1,841 Ethiopia6
1,411 Democratic Republic of The Congo6
847 Mongolia5
1,632 South Korea5
1,295 Papua New Guinea4
325 Anguilla4
1,295 Yemen4
11,290 Guyana3
856 Congo3
11,532 Croatia3
917 Myanmar3
1,418 Madagascar3
2,754 Namibia3
6,774 Slovenia3
1,985 Cambodia3
1,347 Liberia2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
1,151 Brunei2
2,401 Honduras2
6,353 Panama2
257 East Timor2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
3,014 Taiwan2
15,999 Slovakia2
26,532 Chile2
5,298 Botswana2
1,472 The Bahamas2
717 Bhutan1
1,819 Laos1
1,572 Macau1
2,309 Monaco1
3,307 Malta1
1,542 Andorra1
846 American Samoa1
408 Åland1
2,232 French Polynesia1
7,314 Bolivia1
24,771 Colombia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
19,533 Uruguay1
700 Somalia1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
880 Djibouti1
4,171 Rwanda1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
215 Palau1
1,970 Grenada1
356 Eritrea1
1,281 Kiribati1
7,198 Maldives1
340 Comoros1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,510 Denmark49
35,087 Czech Republic37
1,985 Luxembourg33
17,064 New Zealand31
25,758 Kyrgyzstan22
50,826 Zimbabwe19
14,940 Georgia16
481 Gibraltar11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
484 Iceland82
4,527 Ireland76
5,257 Wales68
801 China64
316 Guam55
Countries with hundreds of Baba:
3,989 Uzbekistan983
12,750 Italy840
196 The Gambia829
672 Albania739
255 Gabon724
6,119 Spain692
1,744 Israel648
7,602 Canada547
1,152 Oman464
2,248 Jordan462
814 Kuwait453
11,929 Tanzania389
4,864 Greece369
727 Senegal367
419 Bahrain354
2,191 Turkmenistan345
1,288 Singapore343
305 Fiji340
8,356 Netherlands337
3,654 Austria314
2,553 Serbia313
735 Qatar311
7,032 Belgium260
10,851 Australia256
2,751 Burkina Faso246
429 Thailand240
5,523 Switzerland216
3,109 Bosnia212
3,984 Tajikistan203
2,901 Moldova195
3,247 Bulgaria187
1,073 Estonia184
2,926 Dominican Republic180
1,785 Macedonia179
1,391 Hong Kong178
8,460 Venezuela176
10,100 Peru171
4,487 Norway164
31,005 Argentina164
3,795 Lithuania158
21,011 Mexico157
6,208 Sweden152
10,144 Belarus149
2,908 Azerbaijan132
2,522 Latvia131
2,043 Mauritius128
4,263 Portugal120
21,388 Kazakhstan119
5,046 Scotland112
2,121 Puerto Rico109
6,877 Finland109
833 Cyprus103
Countries with thousands of Baba:
498 Sudan8,763
506 Iraq7,976
329 Ivory Coast7,452
454 Afghanistan6,960
523 Malaysia6,779
575 Saudi Arabia6,233
147 Guinea5,821
100 Togo5,484
1,733 Egypt5,414
634 Syria4,997
3,243 Indonesia4,563
630 Romania4,238
415 Benin4,218
2,069 Germany3,967
1,786 France3,882
460 Nepal3,706
4,557 Philippines2,964
4,957 Brazil2,814
13,005 United States2,672
917 Vietnam2,583
2,575 South Africa2,520
2,307 Kenya2,511
366 Lebanon2,196
288 Libya2,193
9,451 Russia1,941
4,071 England1,839
3,614 Poland1,623
3,639 Ukraine1,563
855 Hungary1,505
714 United Arab Emirates1,422
1,395 Tunisia1,420
1,342 Angola1,401
1,923 Sri Lanka1,369
3,860 Uganda1,307
Countries with ten thousands of Baba:
412 Pakistan63,490
33 Chad29,748
2,254 India24,952
164 Algeria22,403
586 Turkey20,159
238 Ghana17,653
156 Morocco16,512
905 Iran12,999
125 Mali12,854
190 Niger12,048
197 Cameroon11,696
1,117 Bangladesh11,688
38 Mauritania10,287
Countries with hundred thousands of Baba:
152 Nigeria127,770
156 Japan112,611
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Vincenzo Baba worked as tiller and hailed from New York, Italy. 34 years old embarked for New York from Naples on Cheribon and arrived on May 16, 1892.

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 Baba is of Basque origin surname meaning feve the name of the designer of the merchant beans.

Baba Namesakes

  • Sai Baba of Shirdi, Guru
  • Ibn Babawayh, Islamic scholar
  • Abbas Babaei, Pilot
  • Abdulkareem Baba Aminu, Journalist
  • Abdulla Baba Fatadi, Soccer player
  • Amar Babaria, Actor
  • Adéla Babanová, Film director
  • Aderemi Babatunde, Author
  • Christopher Omoworare Babajide, Nigerian Politician
  • Amar Babaria, Actor
  • In 1971, Hamza Baba characterized the role of N in 0 film Oku besikten mezara kadar.
  • Toru Baba portrayed critical role of Shunsuke Chiba in 2007 comedy and drama flick Môsô shôjo otaku-kei.

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