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The BASSET surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 280 66073 0 1
United States (1880 census) 733 7108 0.001 15
Change since 1880 -453 -58965 +N/A -14
Other Countries
Australia 81 17094 0 5
United Kingdom 118 22188 0 3
Top States for BASSET by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 47 56568 0.000 1
Florida 27 64570 0.000 2
New York 27 76903 0.000 1
Georgia 14 37444 0.000 2
Massachusetts 14 58444 0.000 2
Top States for BASSET by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Nevada 6 44881 0.000 3
Rhode Island 3 35475 0.000 3
Connecticut 9 57557 0.000 3
Oregon 9 46914 0.000 3
Maine 3 35960 0.000 2

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BASSET live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BASSET represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BASSET in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BASSET by picking someone at random in Nevada than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BASSET

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BASSET surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BASSET surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BASSET in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 230 82.14
Black/African American 33 11.79
White (Hispanic) 8 2.86
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BASSET surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BASSET in historical publications

(origin: Fr.) A little fat man with short legs and thighs, from the French Basset.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to BASSET

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BASSET.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BASSET

The following words are slight variants of BASSET that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.