Bass Surname

5,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109,905 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Bass Surname Definition:

Andrew de Bas who was one of the jurors in a dispute regarding the Kirketun of Aberbuthenoth in 1206 (SCM., V, p. 212), derived his name from the Bass in Aberdeenshire.

Bass Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States78,2251:4,634518
England6,0931:9,1451,336
Gambia3,9701:48496
Egypt2,4101:38,1483,949
Russia1,8281:78,84210,030
Australia1,3831:19,5202,708
Canada1,2541:29,3823,847
Mauritania1,1921:3,435418
Iran9831:78,1108,015
Senegal8931:16,326473
Germany7821:102,94812,747
Ukraine7451:61,1048,824
France7291:91,11513,151
Liberia5871:7,510879
Morocco5791:59,5449,923
Mali5161:32,8861,020
Bangladesh4511:353,3419,758
Guinea4061:29,147526
South Africa3891:139,27416,054
Switzerland3371:24,3713,838
Moldova3181:11,1991,925
India3111:2,466,44879,091
Dominican Republic2851:36,6072,033
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Thailand2701:261,62444,607
Brazil2261:947,23233,775
Mexico2211:561,6579,608
Algeria2181:177,20921,974
Somalia1961:68,6332,887
Yemen1941:136,2137,085
New Zealand1911:23,7084,155
Philippines1751:578,50463,940
Palestine1511:30,1254,013
Iraq1361:257,5125,426
Saint Kitts and Nevis1351:40990
Belarus1311:72,52711,765
Latvia1251:16,4002,431
Ireland1231:38,2843,071
Kazakhstan1191:148,59214,916
Argentina1171:365,32828,402
Wales1151:26,9092,781
Nigeria1141:1,553,88458,636
Spain1041:449,53923,540
Indonesia951:1,392,09795,389
Scotland941:56,9564,742
Italy911:672,05258,782
Papua New Guinea811:100,66313,542
Japan761:1,682,16225,629
Tanzania761:696,60040,185
Poland731:520,66850,348
Chile651:271,0238,011
Estonia651:20,3353,530
Ecuador601:265,0978,624
Israel561:152,81515,997
Singapore561:98,3524,171
Trinidad and Tobago551:24,8002,724
Northern Ireland511:36,1773,487
Transnistria401:11,8672,308
Cameroon391:532,54042,124
United States Virgin Islands391:2,830482
Uzbekistan381:813,92516,450
Venezuela361:839,00213,477
China351:39,066,3302,096
Guam331:4,852643
Netherlands321:527,72448,879
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Malaysia291:1,017,04245,504
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Hungary271:363,56625,782
Belgium251:459,86646,150
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Antigua and Barbuda181:5,510685
United Arab Emirates181:509,01523,390
Jersey171:5,8351,193
Norway171:302,48730,120
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Kyrgyzstan141:426,61834,019
Afghanistan121:2,679,43217,028
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Hong Kong111:666,8623,581
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Panama111:355,6607,645
Guatemala101:1,608,2675,853
Isle of Man101:8,5821,778
Lithuania101:303,45916,246
Bolivia91:1,179,6045,290
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Jordan91:982,49316,126
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Togo91:805,3086,372
Bulgaria81:872,36331,900
Romania81:2,509,73455,065
Syria81:2,412,62810,757
Vietnam81:11,580,7572,851
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Congo71:712,72815,723
Finland71:785,24338,644
Montserrat71:707123
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Greece61:1,846,63289,049
British Virgin Islands51:6,319600
Cuba51:2,304,5438,951
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Armenia41:732,54511,666
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Serbia41:1,786,23730,138
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belize11:355,4743,977
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malta11:430,2723,380
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Northern Mariana Islands11:54,5801,498
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Tonga11:107,313791
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland871:50,9184,271
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,3481:7,2811,135
Scotland241:155,9676,425
Wales161:98,0264,293
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,8731:4,619570

Bass (2,381) may also be a first name.

Bass Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Andrew de Bas who was one of the jurors in a dispute regarding the Kirketun of Aberbuthenoth in 1206 (SCM., V, p. 212), derived his name from the Bass in Aberdeenshire.

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

(Anglo-French-Latin) Low, Short; Fat. [M.E bas(s, bas(e, French bas-se, low; Low Latin bass-us] Robert le Bas.—Rot. Norm.

Alice la Basse.—-Hundred Rolls (Teutonic) the Old Teutonic pers. name Bass, Bassa, Bas(s)o, Basi. [Cp. Old English baso, red] Bass was the name of a priest to whom the Kentish King Ecgberht gave Reculver in A.D. 669.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The short or fat person; descendant of Bass (short).

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

(from an ancestor's occupation) A translation of the Hebrew for singer.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

French bas, short, low of stature. Le Bas is a very well-known French surname, and has been naturalized here since the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Richard le Bas, and Geoffry, Norm. 1180-98 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Freret, Hugh, John Basse, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Invury, Haddington. Or from the French, Basse; a personal name.

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

Bass is also a Leicestershire name. Basse occurred in Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire in the 13th century (H. R.). Edward Bashe held the manor of Botelers in Prittlewell parish, Essex, in the reign of Elizabeth (M.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Bass Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bass (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺱ, Hindi: बास, Russian: Басс) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Bass click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bass? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,160th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 66,308 people. The surname Bass occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Bass live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 152,184th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 2,381 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 78,225 people, or 1 in 4,634. In The United States it is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 10 percent live, Florida, where 9 percent live and Georgia, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States it is found in 158 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent live and The Gambia, where 4 percent live.

Bass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bass has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bass surname grew 719 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 141 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 719 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 392 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bass Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (60%) in Ireland, Orthodox (82%) in Russia, Orthodox (75%) in Belarus, Maronite (50%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Bass are 7.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.33% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bass earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 10.96% less than the national average, earning 308,149 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 7.8% more than the national average, earning R 256,176 per year; in United States they earn 3.97% less than the national average, earning $41,437 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.2% more than the national average, earning $52,268 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Basse8919,039/
Baiss89275/
Bauss89273/
Baass89100/
Bassh8923/
Bashs8916/
Bayss8911/
Basst898/
Basss898/
Bhass895/
Bassj892/
Beass891/
Batss891/
Bassp891/
Bassz891/
Bassø891/
Bas8634,453/
Beasse80807/
Baisse80425/
Baysse80416/
Bausse8072/
Bassøe8053/
Bashsh8022/
Baïsse8021/
Bahass806/
Bhasse804/
Baaiss804/
Basstt803/
Bassch803/
Badshs802/
Baasse802/
Bauhss801/
Boss7561,046/
Vass7532,981/
Bais7524,319/
Bash7518,743/
Baas7514,649/
Base7514,525/
Bast7511,582/
Bays7510,741/
Beas7510,233/
Wass758,568/
Baus757,812/
Bats754,149/
Bajs75358/
Bahs75298/
Bhas75265/
Bads75228/
Basj75111/
Basz7567/
Hbas7532/
Basd7528/
Baxs7528/
Baës7511/
Bõss758/
Baïs755/
Basp754/
Uass753/
Baís752/
Bgas752/
Basx752/
Bazs751/
Beausse73657/
Bassowa73429/
Badshsh73126/
Bassova7389/
Bassová7313/
Basstsh736/
Bastsch735/
Baashsh731/
Bassche730/
Ba671,320,521/
Bosse6728,569/
Batts6711,869/
Bashe674,290/
Vasse673,755/
Wasse673,713/
Basch673,315/
Baise672,776/
Waiss672,459/
Baish672,212/
Bhais672,106/
Bause671,808/
Bhase671,751/
Batsh671,747/
Basht671,655/
Baust671,532/
Baast671,164/
Hvass671,068/
Beats67968/
Bahus67842/
Baase67814/
Baash67774/
Batse67675/
Bahas67674/
Bayse67580/
Baňas67533/
Bouss67325/
Badsh67287/
Badts67264/
Beads67262/
Bauhs67249/
Baais67222/
Baist67211/
Bhash67193/
Baxsh67193/
Bayts67188/
Baits67162/
Bease67139/
Beiss67126/
Wayss67124/
Baats67123/
Baush67114/
Vauss67106/
Vaiss67101/
Bajsz6799/
Bahsh6798/
Bauts6791/
Bausz6790/
Badse6786/
Beyss6779/
Bashh6773/
Booss6763/
Vayss6756/
Baaas6746/
Vassh6742/
Whass6742/
Wajss6736/
Bashp6736/
Baths6735/
Baids6735/
Hwass6733/
Baijs6733/
Boiss6732/
Baysh6732/
Bajsh6731/
Bhoss6729/
Beuss6722/
Beash6720/
Bausd6716/
Bhaus6714/
Wahss6713/
Boyss6712/
Bastt6710/
Baisz678/
Báňas677/
Badds676/
Beast675/
Baissova675/
Bhast675/
Mpass674/
Hbash674/
Baszt673/
Batst673/
Baisd673/
Bahys673/
Ba'as673/
Bayst672/
Wassh672/
Baasd672/
Baczs672/
Bassehes672/
Bauds672/
Uasse672/
Bosst672/
Basce672/
Waïss672/
Baahs672/
Bahsz672/
Bgash672/
Npass671/
Bossd671/
Bossh671/
Botss671/
Bayhs671/
Baizs671/
Bhats671/
Washs671/
Wassd671/
Wauss671/
Vasst671/
Weass671/
Basze671/
Beahs671/
Badst671/
Bahás671/
Bastd671/
Vaass671/
Wassp671/
Bossz671/
Baussova671/
Bauys671/
Bazsz671/
Bascz671/
Bashx671/
Bashd671/
Waass670/
Bahts670/
Bazzs670/
Uhass670/
Bhads670/
Beasd670/

Bass Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bass in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﺎﺱbas54.17
ﺑﺎﺹbas44.23
ﺃﺑﺎﺱabas0.32
Bass in the Hindi language
बासbasa50
बस्सbas'sa28.57
वासvasa14.29
बस्स्bas's7.14
Bass in the Russian language
Бассbass-

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