Bask Surname
Approximately 470 people bear this surname
Bask Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 192 | 1:3,995,132 | 108,566 |
| Finland | 65 | 1:84,565 | 9,027 |
| United States | 55 | 1:6,590,162 | 310,708 |
| Sweden | 51 | 1:193,074 | 13,358 |
| Russia | 36 | 1:4,003,418 | 194,829 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 1:1,731,679 | 89,620 |
The alternate forms: Bäsk (1) are calculated separately.
Bask (411) may also be a first name.
Bask Demographics
Average Bask Salary in
United States
$44,458 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bask Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bask Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bask (Bengali: বাস্ক, Hindi: बास्क, Russian: Баск) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Bäsk. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bask? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 645,032nd most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,505,417 people. The surname Bask occurs predominantly in Asia, where 47 percent of Bask live; 43 percent live in South Asia and 40 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Bask is also the 424,977th most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 411 people.
The surname Bask is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 3,995,132. In India it is mostly found in: Assam, where 41 percent reside, West Bengal, where 27 percent reside and Jharkhand, where 11 percent reside. Besides India this last name is found in 31 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.
Bask Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bask has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 190 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it contracted 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bask Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bask last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% being registered with the party.
The amount Bask earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 12.64% less than the national average, earning 302,348 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.03% more than the national average, earning $44,458 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.18% less than the national average, earning $47,607 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bask Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bask in the Bengali language | ||
| বাস্ক | baska | 66.67 |
| বস্ক | baska | 33.33 |
| Bask in the Hindi language | ||
| बास्क | baska | 42.86 |
| बासक | basaka | 42.86 |
| बक्श | baksa | 14.29 |
| Bask in the Russian language | ||
| Баск | bask | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bask
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