The Basset surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 280 people carried this name — #66,073 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,400 people named Basset.
64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
201 people named Basset live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Basset.
- Bass 54,296 · U.S. census
- Bassan 144 · U.S. census
- Bassani 300 · U.S. census
- Bassard 110 · U.S. census
- Basse 638 · U.S. census
- Bassen 208 · U.S. census
- Bassette 516 · U.S. census
- Bassetti 381 · U.S. census
- Bassi 1,515 · U.S. census
- Bassignani 144 · U.S. census
- Bassin 538 · U.S. census
- Bassler 1,616 · U.S. census
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