How common is the surname Basch?

1,305 people in the United States had the surname Basch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. It ranked 20,364th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Basch?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Basch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Basch?

Samuel Siegfried Karl von Basch, Austrian physician (1837–1905).

Is the surname Basch getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,305 in 2010, down 1.1%.

The surname Basch

A surname, carried by 1,305 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Basch is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,305 people named Basch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,320.

#20,364

rank among US surnames

1,305

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.1%

change since 2000 (was #19,071)

Who is named Basch

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

97% of people named Basch identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Two or more races 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Baschs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Samuel Siegfried Karl von Basch
Austrian physician (1837–1905)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Basch

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

Questions

How common is the surname Basch?: 1,305 people in the United States had the surname Basch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. It ranked 20,364th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Basch?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Basch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Basch?: Samuel Siegfried Karl von Basch, Austrian physician (1837–1905).
Is the surname Basch getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,305 in 2010, down 1.1%.