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Bass

in Mississippi

There are 1,514 people with the last name "Bass" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

NameRank
Bass 204
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  1. is 200th most common Greer
  2. is 201st most common Rushing
  3. is 202nd most common Chapman
  4. is 203rd most common Jefferson
  5. is 204th most common Bass
  6. is 205th most common Stokes
  7. is 206th most common Fleming
  8. is 207th most common Holloway
  9. is 208th most common Chandler

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bass

James, Robert, David, John, Mary, Michael, Thomas, Charles, Linda, Betty

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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