Bass Family History
Bass Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bass Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bass families
 252 - 501  85 - 251 |
 1 - 84  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bass families
|
458 - 914 153 - 457 |
1 - 152 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bass families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bass Family Origin
Bass Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Bass
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Bass Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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