# Bass (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 57,044 |
| US rank (2010) | 589 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,412 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (54,296 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bæs/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bass 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bass in the United States, the Kingdom of Great Britain and Greece.

## People named Bass

- Saul Bass, American graphic designer and filmmaker (1920–1996)
- Lance Bass, American singer, dancer, actor, and film and television producer
- Karen Bass, American politician and 43rd Mayor of Los Angeles
- Brandon Bass, American basketball player (born 1985)
- George Bass, British explorer (1771–1803)
- Fontella Bass, American singer (1940–2012)
- Richard Bass, American mountain climber (1929-2015)
- Ben Bass, American-Canadian actor
- George Bass, American underwater archeologist (1932–2021)
- Hyman Bass, American mathematician
- Ronald Bass, American writer and producer
- Bailey Bass, American actress

and 17 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Bess, Buss, Boss, Bays, Bias, Basso, Beas, Basu, Bassi, Baas, Basa, Baus.

## 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.