Basket Surname
Approximately 975 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameBasket Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| Zimbabwe | 182 | 1:84,825 | 12,339 |
| United States | 108 | 1:3,356,101 | 190,802 |
| South Africa | 108 | 1:501,645 | 40,799 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 124 | 1:196,576 | 15,750 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 485 | 1:103,544 | 10,448 |
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.).
(French) Descendant of little Basque (man).
From the Anglo—Saxon brigg, a bridge; brig, Welsh, height, the top of any thing.
Basket Demographics
Average Basket Salary in
United States
$68,088 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bàsket | 94 | 1 | / |
| Baskett | 92 | 3,176 | / |
| Bascket | 92 | 6 | / |
| Baskeet | 92 | 4 | / |
| Baskiet | 92 | 2 | / |
| Baskeyt | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bashket | 92 | 1 | / |
| Baskete | 92 | 0 | / |
| Bausket | 92 | 0 | / |
| Baisket | 92 | 0 | / |
| Baskette | 86 | 922 | / |
| Basketts | 86 | 16 | / |
| Beaskett | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bosket | 83 | 489 | / |
| Besket | 83 | 40 | / |
| Baskit | 83 | 20 | / |
| Vasket | 83 | 1 | / |
| Basked | 83 | 1 | / |
| Baschet | 77 | 283 | / |
| Basquet | 77 | 120 | / |
| Boskett | 77 | 115 | / |
| Baskyte | 77 | 56 | / |
| Beshket | 77 | 23 | / |
| Beskett | 77 | 6 | / |
| Baskite | 77 | 5 | / |
| Boskete | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bousket | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baskitt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Basqets | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bashketova | 75 | 11 | / |
| Basquete | 71 | 9 | / |
| Bausquet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Basquets | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bauschet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Basquett | 71 | 0 | / |
| Basquette | 67 | 84 | / |
| Boskit | 67 | 10 | / |
| Baskid | 67 | 6 | / |
| Beskyt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bouskquet | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bosqet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Beskit | 67 | 2 | / |
Basket Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basket in the Arabic language | ||
| سلة | slt | - |
| باسكت | baskt | - |
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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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Footnotes
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