Explore the Family Name Basel

The meaning of Basel

German: 1. habitational name from the Swiss city of Basel. 2. from a short form of ancient Germanic personal names formed with Old High German ber ‘bear’ (the animal) or Old Norse bodh ‘battle’.

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How common is the last name Basel in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Basel has seen a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Basel was ranked at 22,570 but climbed to a rank of 21,878 in 2010, reflecting a change of 3.07%. The count of individuals with this surname also increased from 1,063 in 2000 to 1,187 in 2010, marking an 11.67% increment. The proportion per 100k people slightly rose from 0.39 to 0.4, indicating a 2.56% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,570	#21,878	3.07%
Count	1,063	1,187	11.67%
Proportion per 100k	0.39	0.4	2.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Basel

In regard to ethnicity, the Basel surname showed some notable shifts from 2000 to 2010, as per the findings of the Decennial U.S. Census. A significant rise was observed among those who identify as Asian/Pacific Islander, from 1.32% to 2.27%, and Hispanic, which jumped from 1.41% to 3.79%. There was also a new appearance of the Basel surname within the Black community, going from 0% in 2000 to 2.02% in 2010. However, the percentage of those identifying as White dropped from 95.11% to 90.99%. No change was reported for those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native, sticking at 0%, while there was a slight decrease among those identifying with two or more races, dropping from 1.13% to 0.93%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.11%	90.99%	-4.33%
Hispanic	1.41%	3.79%	168.79%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.32%	2.27%	71.97%
Black	0%	2.02%	0%
Two or More Races	1.13%	0.93%	-17.7%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%