Where does the surname Baskerville come from?

Baskerville is Norman in origin.

How common is the surname Baskerville?

3,755 people in the United States had the surname Baskerville in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,223 Americans. It ranked 8,734th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Baskerville?

Howard Baskerville, American educator and revolutionary fighter in Persian Constitutional Revolution.

Where is the surname Baskerville most common?

Wikidata records people named Baskerville in the United States.

How do you pronounce Baskerville?

Baskerville is /ˈbæs.kɚˌvɪl/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Baskerville getting more or less common?

More common. 3,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,755 in 2010, up 9.7%.

The surname Baskerville

A Norman surname, carried by 3,755 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbæs.kɚˌvɪl/ 3 syllables Soundex B261

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baskerville is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,755 people named Baskerville in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,223 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,424.

#8,734

rank among US surnames

3,755

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+9.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,808)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,727	Swiger	3,758	82,157
#8,728	Werth	3,757	82,179
#8,732	Chien	3,756	82,201
#8,734	Gilkey	3,755	82,223
#8,736	Trevizo	3,754	82,244
#8,741	Bitner	3,753	82,266
#8,743	Seabolt	3,752	82,288

Who is named Baskerville

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

71% of people named Baskerville identified as Black (not Hispanic), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 71%
White (not Hispanic) 22%
Two or more races 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Baskervilles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Howard Baskerville
American educator and revolutionary fighter in Persian Constitutional Revolution, 1885–1909

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Baskerville come from?: Baskerville is Norman in origin.
How common is the surname Baskerville?: 3,755 people in the United States had the surname Baskerville in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,223 Americans. It ranked 8,734th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baskerville?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Baskerville identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Baskerville?: Howard Baskerville, American educator and revolutionary fighter in Persian Constitutional Revolution.
Where is the surname Baskerville most common?: Wikidata records people named Baskerville in the United States.
How do you pronounce Baskerville?: Baskerville is /ˈbæs.kɚˌvɪl/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Baskerville getting more or less common?: More common. 3,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,755 in 2010, up 9.7%.