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.

Notable people who share these surnames are listed below separately for each surname along with information relevant to the geographic and historical distribution of the surnames.

Ba

• Adame Ba Konaré (born 1947), a Malian Historian and former first lady
• 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, a Belgian footballer
• Teresa Nzola Meso Ba (born 1983), an Angolan–French triple jumper

Bâ

• Alioune Bâ (born 1959), a Malian photographer
• Amadou Hampâté Bâ (c. 1901–1991), a Malian writer and ethnologist
• Maba Diakhou Bâ (1809–1867), a Senegalese Muslim 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), a Guinean footballer
• Almamy Schuman Bah (born 1974), a Guinean footballer
• Dawda Bah (born 1983), a Gambian footballer
• Ibrahim Bah (born 1969), a Sierra Leonean footballer
• Mahmadu Alphajor Bah (born 1981), a Sierra Leonean footballer
• Thierno Bah (born 1982), a Guinean footballer