How common is the surname Basa?

1,310 people in the United States had the surname Basa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,684 Americans. It ranked 20,299th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Basa getting more or less common?

More common. 1,095 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,310 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Basa

A Basque surname, carried by 1,310 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Basa is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

Basque origin

Common Filipino surname, ultimately from Basque baso (“forest, woods, jungle”).

One of 20 Basque surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,310 people named Basa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,684 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,095.

#20,299

rank among US surnames

1,310

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+19.6%

change since 2000 (was #22,053)

Who is named Basa

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

68% of people named Basa identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 68%
White (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.8%
Two or more races 6.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Basa

Basa has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Other Basque surnames

All 20 Basque surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Basa come from?: Common Filipino surname, ultimately from Basque baso (“forest, woods, jungle”).
How common is the surname Basa?: 1,310 people in the United States had the surname Basa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,684 Americans. It ranked 20,299th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Basa?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Basa identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Basa getting more or less common?: More common. 1,095 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,310 in 2010, up 20%.