Bas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bas"

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• Borrowed from Cebuano Bas, from bas (“sand”).
• Borrowed from Catalan Bas, a habitational surname from a place in Catalonia.
• Borrowed from French Bas, from bas (“low”).
• Borrowed from Basque Bas, a topographic surname from baso (“wood”).
• Borrowed from Slovene Baš, a short form of the personal name Sebastjan.

Proper noun

Bas (plural Bases)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bas is the 36970^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 604 individuals. Bas is most common among White (50.17%), Hispanic/Latino (27.48%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (16.89%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 110.

Cebuano

Etymology

From bas.

Proper noun

Bas

1. a surname from Cebuano