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Family name Baş (Bash , Baş , Баш ) , throughout the world, is a widespread cognomen. The cognomen Baş is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Turkey, where it is a common surname, Syria, where it is quite a common surname, and Lebanon, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Turkey, Pakistan, and Nigeria. Very seldom, Baş is the forename as well as the last name.