# Basil (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,344 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,088 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 131,717 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (2,027 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Basil 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 6.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Basil in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Basil

- Toni Basil, American singer, actress, choreographer, dancer, and director (born 1943)
- Priya Basil, British author

## Similar surnames

Basile, Basilio, Bazile, Baisley, Basel, Bazil, Bacilio, Beasley, Buckley, Boswell, Bagley, Bigelow.

## 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.