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The Bassi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,666 people carried this name — #17,047 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. That is up 10% from 1,515 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bassi surname

From basso (“short”).

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 3,365 people named Bassi live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,442
Santa Fe 564
City of Buenos Aires 331
Córdoba 185
Salta 177
Entre Ríos 101
Mendoza 87
Chaco 83

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

652 people named Bassi live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 346
Aargau 58
Zurich 57
Vaud 34
Valais 22
Bern 22
Geneva 21
Graubünden 19

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 429 people named Bassi.

143 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 143
Paris 42
Bouches-du-Rhône 28
Corsica 15
Meurthe-et-Moselle 14
Haute-Garonne 13
Moselle 12
Rhône 11
Alpes-Maritimes 10

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

31 people named Bassi is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 31

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

Bassi in American newspapers,
1878–1919.

Newspaper page from Richmond Dispatch carrying the name Bassi
Richmond Dispatch 1902-12-21
Newspaper page from The People carrying the name Bassi
The People 1878-02-21
Newspaper page from The Vashon Island Record carrying the name Bassi
The Vashon Island Record 1919-07-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Bassi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Matteo Bassi
    Matteo Bassi 1495–1552 · vicar general
  • Laura Bassi
    Laura Bassi 1711–1778 · physicist
  • Eugenia Bassi d. 2000 · actor
  • Antonio Bassi d. 1782 · painter
  • Martino Bassi 1542–1591 · architect
  • Bartolomeo Bassi 1600–1640 · painter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Bassi.

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