Across the world, Banba (Banba 
, Бамба 
) is a rare principally masculine, but scarcely girly first name. The first name Banba is characteristic of Gambia, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Japan, where it is a rare boy's name, and Russia, where it is a very rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Japan, Gambia, and India. Likewise, Banba is the last name as well as the forename.