The Basinger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,171 people carried this name — #7,932 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,960 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Basinger surname

Altered form of the German surname Bösinger.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Basinger» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Basinger in American newspapers,
1921–1922.

Newspaper page from The Bossier Banner carrying the name Basinger
The Bossier Banner 1922-01-05
Newspaper page from The Bossier Banner carrying the name Basinger
The Bossier Banner 1921-12-29
Newspaper page from The Bossier Banner carrying the name Basinger
The Bossier Banner 1921-12-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,040 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Basinger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Starr Basinger
    William Starr Basinger 1827–1910 · lawyer
  • John Basinger
    John Basinger 1934–2026 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Basinger,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States190 records

190 records of the Basinger name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 120
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 12
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Carl V. Basinger

    Born 1923 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; office clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Westlawn Cemetery, Madisonville, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Richard Louis Basinger

    Born 1942; from Kenton, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, pilot hmh; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph Basinger

    Arrived at New York in 1839 aboard the Constitution from Bremen, aged 22; tailor. From Furth, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 190 records for Basinger in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Basinger name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Julius Basinger

    From Bruchsal i. B. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 2 April 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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