Bascomb Surname

616,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Bascomb Surname Definition:

One who came from Boscombe (box-tree valley), in Wiltshire.

Bascomb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4041:897,17667,678
Australia511:529,32739,816
Guyana261:29,3163,211
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Grenada21:54,2681,538
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England531:459,91326,089
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2041:246,17020,471

Bascomb (45) may also be a first name.

Bascomb Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

One who came from Boscombe (box-tree valley), in Wiltshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From Boscombe; a location name in Hampshire, Wiltshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Bascomb Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bascomb Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bascomb has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bascomb? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 616,129th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,575,092 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Bascomb are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Bascomb is also the 1,504,468th most numerous forename on earth, borne by 45 people.

Bascomb is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 404 people, or 1 in 897,176. In The United States Bascomb is most prevalent in: Florida, where 10 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Alabama, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 10 percent live and Guyana, where 5 percent live.

Bascomb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bascomb has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 198 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bascomb Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bascomb surname are 4.83% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.06% being registered with the party.

Bascomb earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.99% less than the national average, earning $38,408 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Baskcomb9344/
Bascoomb931/
Baascomb930/
Bacomb920/
Wascomb8617/
Badcomb863/
Boscomb861/
Baucomb861/
Bascomp861/
Basconb861/
Bagcomb861/
Vascomb861/
Bascomw860/
Beacomb860/
Beaucomb801/
Washcomb801/
Basompe7166/
Batjomb7130/
Bakombp711/
Woscomb710/
Baisambh671/
Beaucomp671/
Weiscomb670/
Boddcomb670/

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Bascomb Reference & Research

Bascombe One-name Study - A profile of the Bascombe surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

Bascombe FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bascomb
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