Basett Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 10
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 8
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Basett Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Basett family

Profession Census Frequency
Farmer 2
Female Servant 2
Independant 1
Independent 1
Scholar 1
Sawyer 1
Shoe Maker 1
Agricultural Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Basett

Name Census Frequency
William Basett 17
Elizabeth Basett 12
John Basett 8
Mary Basett 8
David Basett 7
Henry Basett 6
Ann Basett 5
Thomas Basett 5
Arthur Basett 4
James Basett 4
Rose Basett 4
Daniel Basett 3
Eliza Basett 3
Joseph Basett 3
Alice Basett 2
Annie Basett 2
Betsy Basett 2
Francis Basett 2
Frederick Basett 2
George Basett 2
Hannah Basett 2
Harriet Basett 2
Maria Basett 2
Patrick Basett 2
Sophia Basett 2

Basett Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bassett 86% 31,673
2 Basset 67% 2,509
3 Basett 100% 179
4 Bisatt 67% 170

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The surname Basett is the 3rd most popular variant of Bassett.

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