# Bas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Cebuano |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 604 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,970 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 511,168 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (475 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Cebuano Bas, from bas (“sand”). * Borrowed from Catalan Bas, a habitational surname from a place in Catalonia. * Borrowed from French Bas, from bas (“low”). * Borrowed from Basque Bas, a topographic surname from baso (“wood”). * Borrowed from Slovene Baš, a short form of the personal name Sebastjan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bas in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 50% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 27% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 17% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Similar surnames

Bass, Bays, Bias, Basso, Beas, Basu, Bassi, Baas, Basa, Baus, Baz, Basse.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.