Bassin surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bassin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 370 people carried this name — #55,505 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is down 31% from 538 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 271 people named Bassin 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 Entre Ríos.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 142
Buenos Aires Province 64
Mendoza 52
San Luis 13

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 269 people named Bassin.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Puy-de-Dôme 83
Loire 29
Ille-et-Vilaine 22
Paris 21
Martinique 19
Loiret 14
Yonne 12
Maine-et-Loire 9

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

193 people named Bassin live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 63
Bern 48
Graubünden 16
Geneva 14
Neuchâtel 11
Zurich 10
Valais 7
Jura 7

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.

Who carried it

People named Bassin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rose Ethel Bassin
    Rose Ethel Bassin 1889–1974 · biographer
  • Aleksander Bassin
    Aleksander Bassin 1938– · art historian
  • Aleksander Bassin
    Aleksander Bassin 1938– · art historian
  • Aleksander Bassin
    Aleksander Bassin 1938– · art historian
  • Borut Bassin
    Borut Bassin 1944–2022 · basketball player
  • Angélique Arnaud 1797–1884 · novelist

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

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