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Bass

in the US

There are 45,984 people with the last name "Bass" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Bass 521
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  1. is 517th most common Wall
  2. is 518th most common Hoover
  3. is 519th most common Carey
  4. is 520th most common Clayton
  5. is 521st most common Bass
  6. is 522nd most common Molina
  7. is 523rd most common Holloway
  8. is 524th most common Collier
  9. is 525th most common Summers

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bass

James, Robert, John, David, Michael, William, Mary, Charles, Richard, Thomas

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.

Recent Searches for "Bass" in the US

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James Bass (451 searches)
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