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 24
Buckinghamshire 10
Berkshire 42
Cambridgeshire 59
Channel Islands 41
Cheshire 36
Cornwall 512
Cumberland 8
Derbyshire 76
Devon 339
Dorset 9
Durham 79
Essex 248
Gloucestershire 283
Hampshire 125
Herefordshire 29
Hertfordshire 19
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 14
Isle of Man 0
Kent 476
Lancashire 174
Leicestershire 129
Lincolnshire 43
London 939
Middlesex 207
Northumberland 25
Norfolk 60
Northamptonshire 66
Nottinghamshire 39
Oxfordshire 38
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 14
Shropshire 11
Suffolk 33
Somerset 37
Surrey 172
Sussex 296
Staffordshire 333
Warwickshire 288
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 26
Worcestershire 92
Yorkshire 216

Wales

Anglesey 12
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 8
Carnarvonshire 14
Carmarthenshire 181
Denbighshire 36
Flintshire 18
Glamorgan 410
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 69
Pembrokeshire 4
Radnorshire 0

Bassett Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bassett family

Profession Census Frequency
School 658
Farm Labourer 55
Labourer 46
Dressmaker 43
General Labourer 43
Farmer 43
Coal Miner Hewer 38
Private Means 34
General Servant (domestic) 30
At School 26
Charwoman 26
House Keeper 24
House Painter 21
None 21
Shop Assistant 21
Dress Maker 19
Assisting In Business 19
At Home 18
Carpenter 17
Bricklayer 16
Clerk 16
Domestic Servant 15
Laundress 15
No Occupation 15
Blacksmith 14

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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