All around the world, بابكر (Babacar 
, بابكر 
, Babiker 
) is a common masculine first name. The given name بابكر is habitual in Sudan, where it is a common masculine name, Senegal, and Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare male name. Likewise, بابكر is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Babacar | Sudan, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Senegal, France |
| بابكر | Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Iraq |
| Babiker | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Senegal, France |
| Babkr | Sudan, Saudi Arabia |
| بابكر بدري Sudanese warrior, activist, autobiografist and promoter of girls' education in the Sudan, SD (b. 1861) |
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بابكر عوض الله Sudanese politician and judge (1917-2019), SD (b. 1917) |
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بابكر محمود رسول البشدري former Iraqi minister, IQ (b. 1937) |
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بابكر زيباري Iraqi general, IQ |
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