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Bass

in New Jersey

There are 697 people with the last name "Bass" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

NameRank
Bass 1,042
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  1. is 1,038th most common Depalma
  2. is 1,039th most common Paredes
  3. is 1,040th most common Valente
  4. is 1,041st most common Yoo
  5. is 1,042nd most common Bass
  6. is 1,043rd most common Boone
  7. is 1,044th most common Kirby
  8. is 1,045th most common Randolph
  9. is 1,046th most common Burnett

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bass

Michael, Robert, Charles, Joseph, David, Kenneth, Lisa, Thomas, William, Alan

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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Michael Bass, NJ (9 searches)
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