The Bassler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,774 people carried this name — #16,261 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 166,700 people counted. That is up 10% from 1,616 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
114 people named Bassler live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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
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 62 people named Bassler.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Bassler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georg Bassler 1857–1900 · printer -
Ray Smith Bassler 1878–1961 · geologist -
Johnny Bassler 1895–1979 · baseball player -
Robert Bassler 1903–1975 · television producer -
Felix Bassler 1875–1932 · secretary
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Harvey Bassler 1883–1950 · geologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bassler.
- Basset 336 · U.S. census
- Bassette 516 · U.S. census
- Bassetti 410 · U.S. census
- Bassi 1,666 · U.S. census
- Bassignani 154 · U.S. census
- Bassin 370 · U.S. census
- Basso 4,070 · U.S. census
- Basson 263 · U.S. census
- Bast 2,555 · U.S. census
- Bastian 6,967 · U.S. census
- Bastianelli 367 · U.S. census
- Bastiani 155 · U.S. census
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