# Basinger (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,171 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,932 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 74,022 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (3,960 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Altered form of the German surname Bösinger.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Basinger 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Basinger in the United States.

## People named Basinger

- Kim Basinger, American actress (born 1953)

## Similar surnames

Baysinger, Baginski, Basnight, Buckingham, Bocanegra, Boykins, Bushong, Buckmaster, Biggins, Bouknight.

## 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.