How common is the surname Basinger?

4,171 people in the United States had the surname Basinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,022 Americans. It ranked 7,932nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Basinger?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Basinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Basinger?

Kim Basinger, American actress (born 1953).

Where is the surname Basinger most common?

Wikidata records people named Basinger in the United States.

Is the surname Basinger getting more or less common?

More common. 3,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,171 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Basinger

A German surname, carried by 4,171 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Basinger is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Altered form of the German surname Bösinger.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,171 people named Basinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,022 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,960.

#7,932

rank among US surnames

4,171

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,736)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,926	Roop	4,175	73,951
#7,928	Barto	4,174	73,969
#7,929	Constant	4,173	73,986
#7,932	Basinger	4,171	74,022

Who is named Basinger

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

95% of people named Basinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Basingers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kim Basinger
American actress (born 1953)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Basinger

Basinger has the Soundex code B252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B252.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Basinger come from?: Altered form of the German surname Bösinger.
How common is the surname Basinger?: 4,171 people in the United States had the surname Basinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,022 Americans. It ranked 7,932nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Basinger?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Basinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Basinger?: Kim Basinger, American actress (born 1953).
Where is the surname Basinger most common?: Wikidata records people named Basinger in the United States.
Is the surname Basinger getting more or less common?: More common. 3,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,171 in 2010, up 5.3%.