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    The surname Bassham

    A surname, carried by 1,492 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B250

    Bassham: #18,507 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bassham #18,507, 1,492 people Bassham: #18,507 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bassham #18,507, 1,492 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bassham is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,492 people named Bassham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,934 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,337.

    #18,507
    rank among US surnames
    1,492
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,892)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,499Bouknight1,494206,657
    #18,502Meidinger1,493206,795
    #18,507In1,492206,934
    #18,511Frain1,491207,073

    Who is named Bassham

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

    90% of people named Bassham identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Basshams

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lanny Bassham
      American sports shooter, born 1947

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bassham

    Bassham has the Soundex code B250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bassham?
    1,492 people in the United States had the surname Bassham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,934 Americans. It ranked 18,507th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bassham?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bassham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bassham?
    Lanny Bassham, American sports shooter.
    Where is the surname Bassham most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bassham in the United States.
    Is the surname Bassham getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,337 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,492 in 2010, up 12%.