The basque Surname

basque Name Meaning and History

French: ethnic name for a Basque. See Vasco.

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The basque name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the basque family name as far back in history as possible.

basque Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of basque Families in the US in 1920

Number of basque families

4-6

2-3

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Thread	Author	Replies
Looking for the parents of Fabien Basque	acad12	3
Hi all I'm looking for infermation on the basque family	Pierrette Basque	8
frederick o Basque married marguerite Rousselle 1903,11,22 Gloucester county	Heidi	1
Basque from Canada	Jonathan Dunn	4
Rose Basque m. Aime Savoie	Jean-C	1
searching for Dorothy Basque.	@@19501952@ctaz.com	0
Bastarache/Gautreau	Linda Guthro	4
1881 canadian census	carla_alexandria	0
Bascue changed to Basque	grnmandmz	4
Another stray branch...	Ken_Basque	15

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