Around the globe, Bapa (Bapa 
, Бапа 
, พ่อ) is quite a rare mostly masculine, but uncommonly feminine first name. The first name Bapa is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently girly name, Indonesia, where it is a rare boy's name, and Saudi Arabia. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in India, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Likewise, Bapa is the last name as well as the forename.