Baa
surname · Latin script
Meaning: The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 12 countries · latest register: INSEE, 1991
Baa is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country.
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 49K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 300K
- NONorway1 in 547K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Baa itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 44 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 49K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,200 named বা, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Algeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Băă in RO Romania and বা in BD Bangladesh.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where the surname Baa is found
(measured from records)Baa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 79K | — | বা | 6 |
| IN India | 2,203 | 1 in 602K | 2.2K | Baa | 44 |
| DZ Algeria | ≈960 est. | ≈1 in 49K | listed | — | 1 |
| FR France | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 297K | 16 | — | — |
| NG Nigeria | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 1M | — | Baa | 6 |
| SY Syria | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 141K | — | Baa | 2 |
| RO Romania | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 323K | — | Băă | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the dz-kaggle-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Baa is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Khmer, to dig; to dig out; to clear away, to remove, to shovel (soil). qpj'S (= fntUui) to dig the ground, to scratch the ground. ^1J9S[nnfjLflDJ to unload merchandise from a boat or ship. Qlinn to remove mud (from the bottom of a stream), to dredge. Lpjg
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)
In Khmer, to ride; to drive (a car, cart); to conduct, to lead; to carry, to trans port. to ride an elephant. *Soul ) UJJiJtnS 5ee to drive a cart, carriage or coach. UfCfiJo to ride a horse, (- 2. to drive a horse at a walking pace
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)
In Khmer, n, imaginary creature be lieved to cause children to have nightmares
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)
In Khmer, 21s t consonant of the Khmer alphabet. Un
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)
In aia, strike one upon another, as firewood in breaking it
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)16 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 12 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Baa mean, and where does it come from?
- The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Baa?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named বা in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold. After it come India, Algeria, France and Nigeria; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Baa?
- In India, the national register counted 2,203 people named Baa, about 1 in 602 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/baaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Baa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.