Ba (surname)

Ba, Bâ, and Bah are potentially related West African surnames, usually of Fula origin. In the Fula culture of Mali and Senegal, the surname Diakité is considered equivalent.

Ba is also a family name in modern China.

Ba

• Adame Ba Konaré (born 1947), a Malian Historian and former first lady
• Amadou Ba (disambiguation), several people
• Amadou Dia Ba (born 1958), a Senegalese athlete
• Demba Ba (born 1985), a Senegalese footballer
• Georges Ba (born 1979), an Ivorian footballer
• Ibrahim Ba (born 1973), a French footballer
• Ibrahima Ba (footballer born 1984), a Senegalese footballer
• Inday Ba (1972–2005), a Swedish–British actress
• Ismail Ba (born 1974), a Senegalese footballer
• Issa Ba (born 1981), a Senegalese footballer
• Papa Malick Ba (born 1980), a Senegalese footballer
• Pape Samba Ba (born 1982), a Senegalese footballer
• Sadio Ba (b. 1973), a Belgian footballer
• Teresa Nzola Meso Ba (born 1983), an Angolan–French triple jumper

Bâ

• Alioune Bâ (born 1959), a Malian photographer
• Koli Tenguella Bâ (born 14**), founder of the great Denyankés dynasty that ruled over 3 centuries in between Senegal, Mali, and Mauritania
• Alioune Bâ (born 19**), a Senegalese political leader
• Amadou Bâ (disambiguation), several people
• Amadou Hampâté Bâ (c. 1901–1991), a Malian writer and ethnologist
• Maba Diakhou Bâ (1809–1867), a Senegalese Muslim and religious leader
• Mariama Bâ (1929–1981), a Senegalese author and feminist
• Youssouf Sambo Bâ (born 1942), a Burkinabé politician and former teacher

Bah

• Abdallah Bah (born 1975), Guinean footballer
• Abu Bakar Bah (born 1978), Sierra Leonean footballer
• Aïcha Bah Diallo, Guinean politician and activist
• Alexander Bah (born 1997), Danish footballer
• Algassime Bah (born 2002), Guinean footballer
• Alice Bah Kuhnke (born 1971), Swedish politician
• Aliyah Bah (born 2002 or 2003), American influencer known professionally as Aliyah's Interlude
• Almamy Schuman Bah (born 1974), Guinean footballer
• Asatu Bah Kenneth, Liberian activist and politician
• Belco Bah (1958–2020), Malian politician
• Bubacarr Bah, Gambian mathematician
• Cédric Bah (born 1994), Ivorian basketball player
• Chernor Bah (born 1985), Sierra Leonean politician
• Chernor Maju Bah (born 1972), Sierra Leonean lawyer and politician
• Dawda Bah (born 1983), Gambian footballer
• Diaryatou Bah (born 1985), Guinean activist
• Dounbia Bah (born 1967), Ivorian handball player
• Elage Bah (born 2004), Canadian soccer player
• Elhadj Bah (born 2001), Guinean footballer
• Eugenia Date-Bah, Ghanaian academic and author
• Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow (born 1974), First Lady of the Gambia
• Hadja Idrissa Bah (born 1999), Guinean activist
• Hamat Bah, Gambian politician
• Haymenn Bah-Traoré (born 1997), German footballer
• Ibrahim Bah (born 1969), Sierra Leonean footballer
• Ibrahima Bah (born 1999), Guinean footballer
• Ibrahima Kaba Bah (1931–2023), Guinean teacher and politician
• Issa Bah (born 2002), Luxembourgish footballer
• Lionel Bah (born 1980), Ivorian footballer
• Mamadou Bah (born 1988), Guinean footballer
• Mamadou Bah (judoka) (born 1962), Guinean judoka
• Mamadou Bah (swimmer) (born 1999), Guinean swimmer
• Mamadou Boye Bah (1930–2009), Guinean politician and economist
• Mamadou Samba Bah (born 1995), Guinean judoka
• Mahmoud Bah (born 1940), Guinean activist and writer
• Mahmadu Alphajor Bah (born 1981), Sierra Leonean footballer
• Mama Bah-Yéré (born 1992), Beninese footballer
• Mariam Bah (born 1976), Ivorian taekwondo competitor
• Mariama Sonah Bah (born 1978), Guinean judoka
• Mohammed Bah Abba (1964–2010), Nigerian teacher and inventor
• Momodou Alieu Bah, Gambian military officer and politician
• Omar Bah (born 1979), Gambian psychologist, author, journalist and refugee
• Othello Bah (born 1995), Liberian footballer
• Penda Bah (born 1998), Gambian footballer
• Saïdou Bah (born 2003), Guinean footballer
• Samuel Date-Bah (born 1943), Ghanaian academic and judge
• Seedy Bah (born 1992), Gambian footballer
• Thierno Bah (born 1982), Guinean footballer
• Thierno Abdourahmane Bah (1916–2013), Guinean writer, theologian and politician
• Zaïnoul Bah (born 1984), French basketball player

Ba in China

• Ba Manzi, Chinese military general of the ancient Ba kingdom in the Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
• Ba Dai 巴岱 (1930–2022), politician
• Ba Denian 巴德年 (born 1938), immunologist, physician and educator
• Ba Dexin 巴德鑫 (born 1990), curler
• Ba Ge 巴戈 (1954–2022), Taiwanese actor and television host
• Ba Yan 巴燕 (born 1962), basketball player
• Ba Yongshan (born 1961), archer
• Ba Zhongtan (1930–2018), general of the People's Liberation Army

See also

• Ba (given name), in Myanmar and ancient China