Basket Surname

368,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 975 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Basket Surname Definition:

Of local origin from one or more of the small places of the name. Throughout the country Brigg is in common speech the pronunciation of Bridge. Duncanus Brigis appears in Murthlac, Banffshire, 1550 (lllus., II, p. 261). Cath. Brigs was married in Edinburgh, 1611 (Edinb.

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Basket Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2881:59,4418,056
Zimbabwe1821:84,82512,339
United States1081:3,356,101190,802
South Africa1081:501,64540,799
India391:19,668,343291,059
Portugal381:274,16410,086
France341:1,953,609166,012
Spain201:2,337,60257,118
Italy131:4,704,361107,811
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
England91:6,190,895170,599
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
China31:455,773,85521,925
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1241:196,57615,750
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4851:103,54410,448

The alternate forms: Bàsket (1) are calculated separately.

Basket (226) may also be a first name.

Basket Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Of local origin from one or more of the small places of the name. Throughout the country Brigg is in common speech the pronunciation of Bridge. Duncanus Brigis appears in Murthlac, Banffshire, 1550 (lllus., II, p. 261). Cath. Brigs was married in Edinburgh, 1611 (Edinb. Marr.).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(French) Descendant of little Basque (man).

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

From the Anglo—Saxon brigg, a bridge; brig, Welsh, height, the top of any thing.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Basket Last Name Facts

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

The last name Basket (Arabic: سلة) is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Bàsket. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Basket? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 368,903rd most prevalent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 7,474,406 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Basket are found; 59 percent are found in Southern Africa and 59 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Basket is also the 598,137th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 226 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Besides Malawi it is found in 51 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Basket Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Basket has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 78 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Basket Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Basket earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 52.79% less than the national average, earning R 112,188 per year and in United States they earn 57.8% more than the national average, earning $68,088 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bàsket941/
Baskett923,176/
Bascket926/
Baskeet924/
Baskiet922/
Baskeyt921/
Bashket921/
Baskete920/
Bausket920/
Baisket920/
Baskette86922/
Basketts8616/
Beaskett861/
Bosket83489/
Besket8340/
Baskit8320/
Vasket831/
Basked831/
Baschet77283/
Basquet77120/
Boskett77115/
Baskyte7756/
Beshket7723/
Beskett776/
Baskite775/
Boskete772/
Bousket771/
Baskitt771/
Basqets771/
Bashketova7511/
Basquete719/
Bausquet711/
Basquets711/
Bauschet711/
Basquett710/
Basquette6784/
Boskit6710/
Baskid676/
Beskyt673/
Bouskquet673/
Bosqet672/
Beskit672/

Basket Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Basket in the Arabic language
سلةslt-
باسكتbaskt-

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Basket Reference & Research

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

Baskett 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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