Explore the Family Name Baah

The meaning of Baah

West African (Ghana): Akan name, from ba ‘child’ or baa ‘branch’. The final h in Ghanaian names like this is characteristic Anglicization.

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How common is the last name Baah in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Baah has seen significant growth in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname improved from 99,214 in 2000 to 57,372 in 2010, marking a notable increase of 42.17%. In the same period, the count or the number of people with this surname more than doubled, rising from 169 to 355, resulting in an impressive growth rate of 110.06%. Furthermore, the proportion of people with the Baah surname per 100,000 also witnessed a substantial surge of 100.0%, rising from 0.06 in 2000 to 0.12 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#99,214	#57,372	42.17%
Count	169	355	110.06%
Proportion per 100k	0.06	0.12	100%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Baah

Turning to the ethnic identity associated with the Baah surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some interesting shifts between 2000 and 2010. Most notably, the percentage of individuals identifying as Black increased by 9.32% to make up 93.80% of those with the Baah surname in 2010. At the same time, the portion of those identifying with two or more races decreased significantly from 7.10% to 1.97%, a drop of 72.25%. Similarly, the percentage of individuals identifying as White fell by 47.64% to 3.10%. No changes were observed in the percentages of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or American Indian and Alaskan Native, which remained at 0% throughout the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	85.8%	93.8%	9.32%
White	5.92%	3.1%	-47.64%
Two or More Races	7.1%	1.97%	-72.25%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%