How common is the surname Bassler?

1,774 people in the United States had the surname Bassler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,039 Americans. It ranked 16,261st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bassler?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bassler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bassler?

Bonnie L. Bassler, American molecular biologist, followed by Ray Smith Bassler.

Where is the surname Bassler most common?

Wikidata records people named Bassler in the United States.

Is the surname Bassler getting more or less common?

More common. 1,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,774 in 2010, up 9.8%.

The surname Bassler

A surname, carried by 1,774 people in the United States.

2 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). Bassler is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,774 people named Bassler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,039 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,616.

#16,261

rank among US surnames

1,774

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+9.8%

change since 2000 (was #16,400)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,254	Ashcroft	1,775	173,941
#16,261	Kinkead	1,774	174,039
#16,265	Rake	1,773	174,137

Who is named Bassler

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

93% of people named Bassler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Basslers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bonnie L. Bassler
American molecular biologist, born 1962
Ray Smith Bassler
American geologist and paleontologist (1878–1961)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bassler

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

Questions

How common is the surname Bassler?: 1,774 people in the United States had the surname Bassler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,039 Americans. It ranked 16,261st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bassler?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bassler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bassler?: Bonnie L. Bassler, American molecular biologist, followed by Ray Smith Bassler.
Where is the surname Bassler most common?: Wikidata records people named Bassler in the United States.
Is the surname Bassler getting more or less common?: More common. 1,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,774 in 2010, up 9.8%.