Ba (surname)
Ba, Bâ, and Bah are potentially related West African surnames, invariably of Fula origin. In the Fula culture of Mali and Senegal, the surname Diakité is considered equivalent.[citation needed]
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