Bassett 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 1
Berkshire 51
Cambridgeshire 36
Channel Islands 16
Cheshire 43
Cornwall 406
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 40
Devon 199
Dorset 14
Durham 54
Essex 110
Gloucestershire 177
Hampshire 67
Herefordshire 23
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 7
Isle of Man 0
Kent 219
Lancashire 141
Leicestershire 81
Lincolnshire 73
London 617
Middlesex 98
Northumberland 9
Norfolk 40
Northamptonshire 58
Nottinghamshire 15
Oxfordshire 32
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 7
Shropshire 15
Suffolk 19
Somerset 48
Surrey 120
Sussex 208
Staffordshire 196
Warwickshire 169
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 25
Worcestershire 29
Yorkshire 109

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 8
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 75
Denbighshire 14
Flintshire 12
Glamorgan 158
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 7
Monmouthshire 41
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bassett Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bassett family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 648
Agricultural Labourer 81
General Labourer 46
Coal Miner 45
Farmer 41
Labourer 38
Dress Maker 36
Living On Own Means 31
General Servant Domestic 29
Farm Labourer 29
Laundress 28
Domestic Servant 28
Carpenter 23
Living On Her Own Means 20
Butcher 19
General Servant 18
House Keeper 15
Tailor 13
Farm Servant 12
Gardener 12
Tailoress 11
Cook 11
Blacksmith 10
Joiner 10
Carman 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Bassett

Name Census Frequency
William Bassett 2,145
Mary Bassett 2,139
John Bassett 1,787
Elizabeth Bassett 1,261
Thomas Bassett 1,056
George Bassett 1,030
James Bassett 905
Sarah Bassett 833
Charles Bassett 730
Ann Bassett 657
Henry Bassett 619
Jane Bassett 613
Eliza Bassett 501
Joseph Bassett 472
Richard Bassett 451
Emma Bassett 440
Annie Bassett 431
Alice Bassett 401
Ellen Bassett 368
Emily Bassett 350
Edward Bassett 348
Frederick Bassett 342
Samuel Bassett 337
Alfred Bassett 325
Robert Bassett 289

Bassett Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bassett 100% 31,673
2 Bissett 86% 2,800
3 Basset 86% 2,509
4 Bessett 86% 554
5 Bussett 86% 280
6 Bossett 86% 241
7 Bassitt 86% 217
8 Basett 86% 179
9 Bassatt 86% 132

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The surname Bassett is the most popular version of all its varients

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