How common is the surname Bassett?

20,482 people in the United States had the surname Bassett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,074 Americans. It ranked 1,750th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bassett?

Joshua Bassett, American actor and singer-songwriter, followed by Angela Bassett.

Where is the surname Bassett most common?

Wikidata records people named Bassett in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Bassett?

Bassett is /ˈbæsət/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bassett getting more or less common?

More common. 20,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,482 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Bassett

A French nickname surname, carried by 20,482 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbæsət/ 2 syllables Soundex B230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bassett is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

From bassett, basset, from French basset.

Bassett is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 20,482 people named Bassett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,074 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,032.

#1,750

rank among US surnames

20,482

people in 2010

6.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,636)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,741	Kruse	20,584	14,999
#1,742	McMullen	20,545	15,028
#1,743	Hurd	20,540	15,031
#1,744	Castle	20,534	15,036
#1,745	Valdes	20,527	15,041
#1,746	McWilliams	20,523	15,044
#1,747	Leung	20,496	15,064

Who is named Bassett

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

84% of people named Bassett identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bassetts

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joshua Bassett
American actor and singer-songwriter, born 2000
Angela Bassett
American actress (born 1958)
Richard Bassett
American politician (1745-1815)
Natasha Bassett
Australian actress, born 1992
Cole Bassett
American soccer player, born 2001
Russell Bassett
Actor (1845-1918)
Leslie Bassett
American composer (1923–2016)
Johnnie Bassett
American electric blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1935–2012)
Tim Bassett
American basketball player (1951–2018)
Stephen Bassett
American bicycle racer, born 1995
Edward Bassett
American lawyer and politician (1863-1948)

Notable Bassetts come mostly from the United States (10) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Basset

Surnames that sound like Bassett

Bassett has the Soundex code B230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B230.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bassett come from?: From bassett, basset, from French basset.
How common is the surname Bassett?: 20,482 people in the United States had the surname Bassett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,074 Americans. It ranked 1,750th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bassett?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Bassett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bassett?: Joshua Bassett, American actor and singer-songwriter, followed by Angela Bassett.
Where is the surname Bassett most common?: Wikidata records people named Bassett in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Bassett?: Bassett is /ˈbæsət/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Bassett?: Bassett is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Bassett getting more or less common?: More common. 20,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,482 in 2010, up 2.2%.
What are other spellings of Bassett?: Basset.