Baana
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Baana is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cameroon than in any other country. Recorded meaning: The name Baana is understood to mean "son of oppression" or "son of affliction".
- CMCameroon≈1 in 42K(inferred from the name graph)
- NGNigeria≈1 in 409K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 6.5M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Cameroon (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 30 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)
≈660 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Cameroon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The name Baana is understood to mean "son of oppression" or "son of affliction".
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Baana 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM Cameroon | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Baana | 2 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 409K | — | Baana | 14 |
| IN India | 29 | 1 in 46M | 29 | — | 4 |
| US United States | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 16M | — | Baana | 30 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 6.5M | 15 | Baana | 12 |
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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral 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)
Baana 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.
Uncertain; possibly 'Son of Affliction', 'Son of Distress', or 'Son of Answer'.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Son of affliction
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Bambara, rich, wealthy
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, road
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Baana mean, and where does it come from?
- The name Baana is understood to mean "son of oppression" or "son of affliction". Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- In which country does Baana have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 655 people named Baana in Cameroon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled baana.
- How common is the name Baana?
- In India, the national register counted 29 people named Baana, about 1 in 46 million residents.
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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, “Baana”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.