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 17
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 21
Cambridgeshire 35
Channel Islands 17
Cheshire 13
Cornwall 429
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 37
Devon 296
Dorset 13
Durham 31
Essex 97
Gloucestershire 208
Hampshire 84
Herefordshire 40
Hertfordshire 16
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 10
Isle of Man 0
Kent 326
Lancashire 124
Leicestershire 151
Lincolnshire 60
London 822
Middlesex 34
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 64
Northamptonshire 38
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 58
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 10
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 22
Somerset 36
Surrey 77
Sussex 234
Staffordshire 230
Warwickshire 213
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 16
Worcestershire 51
Yorkshire 74

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 142
Denbighshire 21
Flintshire 10
Glamorgan 161
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 37
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 1

Bassett Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bassett family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 848
Agricultural Labourer 102
Domestic Servant 53
General Labourer 51
Dress Maker 46
General Servant 45
Labourer 41
Farm Labourer 41
Coal Miner 39
Carpenter 31
Laundress 30
General Servant Domestic 24
House Keeper 24
Annuitant 22
Butcher 22
Farmers Son 17
Farm Servant Indoor 15
Joiner 13
Tailor 13
Tailoress 13
Charwoman 12
Farmers Wife 12
Gardener 12
Cook 11
Farm Servant 11

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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