The basse Surname

basse Name Meaning and History

German: habitational name from any of the places called Basse, for example near Wunstorf and Rostock.
Danish: from Old Danish basse ‘wild boar’.
French: from Old French basse ‘low-born’ or ‘short’ (see Bass).

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The basse name in History

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

basse Family Facts

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Distribution of basse Families in the US in 1920

Number of basse families

15-27

6-14

1-5

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Thread	Author	Replies
William Basse and Mary Carkin	basses94	0
Basse in Missouri	tabitha_mccoy	0
decendents of Captain Nathaniel Basse	Wayne Bass	28
Bass/Basse	MacColgan	0
Samuel Basse and Humphrey Basse	shadowman1233	1
Ephriam Basse/Bass	Theresa Holloway	2
Bass(e)	Colby Kingery	3
Does BASSE surname have a LA. link?	kaygibson68	9
Basse Family	melvillegibbons	9
Basse, Charles	Caroline	0

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