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