BASS

in Illinois

There are 1,413 people with the last name "BASS" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

NameRank
BASS 686
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  1. is 682nd most common Waller
  2. is 683rd most common Randall
  3. is 684th most common Fry
  4. is 685th most common Hoover
  5. is 686th most common Bass
  6. is 687th most common Calhoun
  7. is 688th most common Atkins
  8. is 689th most common Howe
  9. is 690th most common Maloney

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for BASS

Michael, Robert, David, James, William, Patricia, Charles, Barbara, Julie, Dorothy



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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