Basset
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French Basset or a variant of Bassett.
Proper noun
Basset (plural Bassets)
- A surname from French.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Basset is the 60045th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 336 individuals. Basset is most common among White (76.19%) and Black/African American (17.86%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Basset”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 112.