# 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.
Ba is also a family name in modern China.

## Ba

* Adame Ba Konaré (born 1947), a Malian Historian and former first lady
* Amadou Ba (disambiguation), several people
* 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 (b. 1973), a Belgian footballer
* Teresa Nzola Meso Ba (born 1983), an Angolan–French triple jumper

## Bâ

* Alioune Bâ (born 1959), a Malian photographer
* Koli Tenguella Bâ (born 14**), founder of the great Denyankés dynasty that ruled over 3 centuries in between Senegal, Mali, and Mauritania
* Alioune Bâ (born 19**), a Senegalese political leader
* Amadou Bâ (disambiguation), several people
* Amadou Hampâté Bâ (c. 1901–1991), a Malian writer and ethnologist
* Maba Diakhou Bâ (1809–1867), a Senegalese Muslim and religious 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), Guinean footballer
* Abu Bakar Bah (born 1978), Sierra Leonean footballer
* Aïcha Bah Diallo, Guinean politician and activist
* Alexander Bah (born 1997), Danish footballer
* Algassime Bah (born 2002), Guinean footballer
* Alice Bah Kuhnke (born 1971), Swedish politician
* Aliyah Bah (born 2002 or 2003), American influencer known professionally as Aliyah's Interlude
* Almamy Schuman Bah (born 1974), Guinean footballer
* Asatu Bah Kenneth, Liberian activist and politician
* Belco Bah (1958–2020), Malian politician
* Bubacarr Bah, Gambian mathematician
* Cédric Bah (born 1994), Ivorian basketball player
* Chernor Bah (born 1985), Sierra Leonean politician
* Chernor Maju Bah (born 1972), Sierra Leonean lawyer and politician
* Dawda Bah (born 1983), Gambian footballer
* Diaryatou Bah (born 1985), Guinean activist
* Dounbia Bah (born 1967), Ivorian handball player
* Elage Bah (born 2004), Canadian soccer player
* Elhadj Bah (born 2001), Guinean footballer
* Eugenia Date-Bah, Ghanaian academic and author
* Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow (born 1974), First Lady of the Gambia
* Hadja Idrissa Bah (born 1999), Guinean activist
* Hamat Bah, Gambian politician
* Haymenn Bah-Traoré (born 1997), German footballer
* Ibrahim Bah (born 1969), Sierra Leonean footballer
* Ibrahima Bah (born 1999), Guinean footballer
* Ibrahima Kaba Bah (1931–2023), Guinean teacher and politician
* Issa Bah (born 2002), Luxembourgish footballer
* Lionel Bah (born 1980), Ivorian footballer
* Mamadou Bah (born 1988), Guinean footballer
* Mamadou Bah (judoka) (born 1962), Guinean judoka
* Mamadou Bah (swimmer) (born 1999), Guinean swimmer
* Mamadou Boye Bah (1930–2009), Guinean politician and economist
* Mamadou Samba Bah (born 1995), Guinean judoka
* Mahmoud Bah (born 1940), Guinean activist and writer
* Mahmadu Alphajor Bah (born 1981), Sierra Leonean footballer
* Mama Bah-Yéré (born 1992), Beninese footballer
* Mariam Bah (born 1976), Ivorian taekwondo competitor
* Mariama Sonah Bah (born 1978), Guinean judoka
* Mohammed Bah Abba (1964–2010), Nigerian teacher and inventor
* Momodou Alieu Bah, Gambian military officer and politician
* Omar Bah (born 1979), Gambian psychologist, author, journalist and refugee
* Othello Bah (born 1995), Liberian footballer
* Penda Bah (born 1998), Gambian footballer
* Saïdou Bah (born 2003), Guinean footballer
* Samuel Date-Bah (born 1943), Ghanaian academic and judge
* Seedy Bah (born 1992), Gambian footballer
* Thierno Bah (born 1982), Guinean footballer
* Thierno Abdourahmane Bah (1916–2013), Guinean writer, theologian and politician
* Zaïnoul Bah (born 1984), French basketball player

## Ba in China

* Ba Manzi, Chinese military general of the ancient Ba kingdom in the Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
* Ba Dai 巴岱 (1930–2022), politician
* Ba Denian 巴德年 (born 1938), immunologist, physician and educator
* Ba Dexin 巴德鑫 (born 1990), curler
* Ba Ge 巴戈 (1954–2022), Taiwanese actor and television host
* Ba Yan 巴燕 (born 1962), basketball player
* Ba Yongshan (born 1961), archer
* Ba Zhongtan (1930–2018), general of the People's Liberation Army