How common is the surname Basler?

3,038 people in the United States had the surname Basler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,628 Americans. It ranked 10,552nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Basler?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Basler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Basler?

Marianne Basler, Belgian actress (born 1964).

Where is the surname Basler most common?

Wikidata records people named Basler in Switzerland.

How do you pronounce Basler?

Basler is /ˈbɑːzlɚ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Basler getting more or less common?

More common. 2,625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,038 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Basler

A German surname, carried by 3,038 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɑːzlɚ/ 3 syllables Soundex B246

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Basler is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German of German origin.

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 3,038 people named Basler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,628 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,625.

#10,552

rank among US surnames

3,038

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+15.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,100)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,545	Ayoub	3,041	101,528
#10,547	Garrick	3,040	101,561
#10,548	Wilkin	3,039	101,594
#10,552	Basler	3,038	101,628
#10,553	Hilty	3,037	101,661
#10,555	Magness	3,036	101,695
#10,560	Biggerstaff	3,035	101,728

Who is named Basler

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

95% of people named Basler identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Baslers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marianne Basler
Belgian actress (born 1964)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Basler

Basler has the Soundex code B246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B246.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Basler come from?: Basler is German in origin.
How common is the surname Basler?: 3,038 people in the United States had the surname Basler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,628 Americans. It ranked 10,552nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Basler?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Basler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Basler?: Marianne Basler, Belgian actress (born 1964).
Where is the surname Basler most common?: Wikidata records people named Basler in Switzerland.
How do you pronounce Basler?: Basler is /ˈbɑːzlɚ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Basler getting more or less common?: More common. 2,625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,038 in 2010, up 16%.