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Bass

in California

There are 2,610 people with the last name "Bass" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Bass 1,063
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  1. is 1,059th most common Tom
  2. is 1,060th most common Buck
  3. is 1,061st most common Cazares
  4. is 1,062nd most common Arce
  5. is 1,063rd most common Bass
  6. is 1,064th most common Dalton
  7. is 1,065th most common Fung
  8. is 1,066th most common Hood
  9. is 1,067th most common Kwon

Similar Names and Nicknames

Bassett, Baez, Bess, Boss, Buss, Bussey, Basso, Bays, Busse, Bosse

Most Common First Names for Bass

John, James, Robert, David, Michael, Richard, Ronald, Barbara

Meaning & History

English: from Old French bas(se) ‘low’, ‘short’ (Latin bassus ‘thickset’; see Basso), either a descriptive nickname for a short person or a status name meaning ‘of humble origin’, not necessarily with derogatory connotations.

English: in some instances, from Middle English bace ‘bass’ (the fish), hence a nickname for a person supposedly resembling this fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or fisherman.

Scottish: habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire, of uncertain origin.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a maker or player of bass viols, from Polish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish bas ‘bass viol’.

German: see Basse.

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