Bassett Surname
Approximately 45,806 people bear this surname
Bassett Surname Definition:
Nick 'the dwarf' = Old French basset, 'a dwarf, or very low man' (Cotgrave), a diminutive of basse. (2) Local, 'de Basset,' of Norman origin. It is probable that most of the existing Bassetts can claim a local descent.
Golda Bassat, Cambridgeshire, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameBassett Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28,039 | 1:12,927 | 1,610 |
| England | 8,168 | 1:6,822 | 990 |
| Australia | 4,286 | 1:6,299 | 920 |
| Canada | 1,757 | 1:20,971 | 2,889 |
| New Zealand | 865 | 1:5,235 | 843 |
| Wales | 720 | 1:4,298 | 470 |
| South Africa | 432 | 1:125,411 | 14,757 |
| Northern Ireland | 257 | 1:7,179 | 1,254 |
| Scotland | 156 | 1:34,319 | 3,374 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 130 | 1:264 | 59 |
| Bermuda | 119 | 1:549 | 80 |
| Ireland | 96 | 1:49,051 | 3,577 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Nicaragua | 63 | 1:95,573 | 1,848 |
| France | 62 | 1:1,071,334 | 116,831 |
| Bahamas | 53 | 1:7,392 | 632 |
| Spain | 45 | 1:1,038,934 | 38,115 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Argentina | 36 | 1:1,187,317 | 70,591 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Isle of Man | 32 | 1:2,682 | 546 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Italy | 19 | 1:3,218,773 | 100,309 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Jamaica | 13 | 1:220,765 | 6,223 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:12,400 | 2,398 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 197 | 1:22,487 | 2,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,235 | 1:5,756 | 873 |
| Wales | 412 | 1:3,807 | 260 |
| Scotland | 22 | 1:170,146 | 6,794 |
| Jersey | 15 | 1:3,459 | 578 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,599 | 1:6,609 | 827 |
Bassett (129) may also be a first name.
Bassett Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Nick 'the dwarf' = Old French basset, 'a dwarf, or very low man' (Cotgrave), a diminutive of basse. (2) Local, 'de Basset,' of Norman origin. It is probable that most of the existing Bassetts can claim a local descent.
Golda Bassat, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Ela Bassett, Southamptonshire, ibid.
Kelco Basset, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Ralph de Basset, Lincolnshire Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Gilbert de Basset, Bedfordshire, ibid.
Hugo de Basset, Devon, ibid.
Simon Basset, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
1575. Edward Basset, Glamorganshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
= Bass (q.v.) = the French diminutive suff. -et.
(English, French) Descendant of little Bass or Bassa (short); the short man.
Old French, basset, "a dwarf or very low man." Cotgrave. This family, who became great barons and gave their name as a suffix to Drayton Basset, Winterbourne Basset, &c., are said to have been of humble origin. One of the family appears in Domesd. as an undertenant. Ordericus Vitalis speaks of Ralph B. as having been raised by Henry II. from an ignoble stock, and from the very dust-"de ignobili stirpeacde pulvere." The B.'s of Beaupre, however, claim descent from Turstin B., the Conqueror's grand falconer. B.L.G.
The ancient and distinguished family of Bassett was represented in the county as far back as the reign of Edward III., when Sir William Bassett, a gallant officer in the French wars, owned the estate of Tehidy and the town of Redruth, the men of Redruth being his vassals. The ancient Bassetts of Cornwall, Devonshire, and Staffordshire were of the same stock, and were connected on the female side with the Plantagenets; in fact, in the reign of James I. one of the Devonshire family made some pretensions to the English crown (P.).
The Bassetts were an ennobled family in mediaeval time; they held the posts of constable of Dover and lieutenant of Dover Castle in the reigns of John and Edward III. The rector of Tunstall in 1368, and the rector of Luddenham in 1580, bore this name; and in Elizabeth's time a Bassett held a messuage in the village of Cowdham, in Dartford deanery (H.). The Kentish Bassetts are now mostly gathered around Sevenoaks.
The Bassetts belong to an ancient and distinguished Staffordshire family, members of which frequently occupied the office of high sheriff in the 15th and 16th centuries (S.). Bassett is the name of places in Leicestershire and Notts. Basset is, however, an old English surname, and was represented in the 13th century in Devonshire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Notts, etc. (H. R.). The ancient Bassetts of Staffordshire are said to come from the same stock as the Bassetts of Cornwall and Devon.
Bassett Demographics
Bassett Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Bassett Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bassett Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bassett (Russian: Бассетт) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Bassett click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassett? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 12,267th most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 159,096 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Bassett live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America. Bassett is also the 818,356th most widely held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 129 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 28,039 people, or 1 in 12,927. In The United States Bassett is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent are found, Texas, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 77 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.
Bassett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bassett has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bassett surname rose 369 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 193 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 175 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 709 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 51 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Bassett Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (48%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Bassett surname are 12.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.42% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bassett earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 25.48% more than the national average, earning 434,251 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 103.66% more than the national average, earning R 483,984 per year; in United States they earn 2.93% more than the national average, earning $44,412 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.44% more than the national average, earning $54,371 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bassett Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bassett in the Russian language | ||
| Бассетт | bassett | - |
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