The Baskin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,389 people carried this name — #4,786 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,000 people counted. That is up 13% from 6,537 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

38 people named Baskin live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Aargau 29
Lucerne 6
Thurgau 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

45 people named Baskin is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 45

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Baskin in American newspapers,
1909–1920.

Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Baskin
The Topeka State Journal 1915-09-25
Newspaper page from The Denver Jewish News carrying the name Baskin
The Denver Jewish News 1920-06-16
Newspaper page from The Pioneer Express carrying the name Baskin
The Pioneer Express 1909-07-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,616 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Baskin in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1990s.

378 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Baskin. The most, 130, date from the 1950s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 159
Victoria 115
Queensland 39
ACT (Canberra) 37
Western Australia 15
Tasmania 6
South Australia 5

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Baskin.

Who carried it

People named Baskin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • R. N. Baskin
    R. N. Baskin 1833–1918 · judge
  • Vladimir Baskin
    Vladimir Baskin 1855–1919 · playwright
  • Grigoriy Baskin
    Grigoriy Baskin 1866–1940 · politician
  • J. B. Baskin 1817–1893 · farmer
  • M. P. Baskin 1899–1964 · scientist
  • M. P. Baskin 1899–1964 · scientist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Baskin,
in the records of 5 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 States644 records

644 records of the Baskin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 254
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 171
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 90
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 84
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 33
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Martin P. Baskin

    Born 1921 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; accountant from Queens County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1943, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Nissen Baskin

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Suevia from Hamburg, aged 45; laborer. From Poland, Russia; bound for Rochester.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Shelby Baskin

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1998; buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 644 records for Baskin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia15 records

15 records of the Baskin name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 8
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Baskin

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Coromandel, arriving 1804; certificate of freedom 1825.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Robert Da Baskin

    Retired of Melbourne, Victoria; died 1956.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record May Baskin

    Arrived in Victoria in 1904 aboard the Suevic, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Baskin in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Baskin name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Thomas William Baskin

    Buried in 1968 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 81.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Margaret Baskin

    Died 1927 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elizabeth Baskin

    Married 1895 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 9 records for Baskin in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Baskin name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Margaretha Baskin

    In the population register of Abcoude-Proostdij; born 1804 in Abcoude.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Vecht en Venen (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Finland1 record

1 record of the Baskin name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1914–1922
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Mihail Jakovlevitsh Baskin

    Died in 1918, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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