Basil is used as a family name or surname in France, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Basil
No. of characters: 5
Origin: France, England
Meaning:

The personal name. Basil, Basile, Basille. Hundred Rolls.

Descendant of Basil or Basilio meaning king.

Lastname Basil is a variant form of Basile. Descendant of Basil or Basilio meaning king.

How popular is Basil?

Basil is common in Nigeria, United States, Tanzania, India, Philippines, Chad, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Vanuatu, Iraq, Malaysia, Haiti, Canada, England, United Arab Emirates, Guyana.

Basil is ranked 31730 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Basils grew by 15.64 per cent to 2344 since 2000 and ranked 13088 after elevating 629 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.69 83.18
Black 9.22 8.04
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 6.06 2.96
Hispanic or Latino 4.27 2.17
Others 2.05 3.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.73 0.25
Basil is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Vanuatu is ahead in terms of density. Around 16842 people have been found who wears Basil as their family name. Basil is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Basil:
3,156 Nigeria4,496
14,281 United States2,654
4,931 Tanzania1,219
32,656 India1,088
16,876 Philippines1,045
Countries with hundreds of Basil:
2,465 Chad674
7,891 Saudi Arabia557
13,801 Egypt488
18,457 Brazil438
1,892 Papua New Guinea436
6,785 Ghana416
148 Vanuatu393
3,094 Iraq335
6,180 Malaysia333
2,304 Haiti324
21,263 Canada167
25,827 England154
6,638 United Arab Emirates132
1,147 Guyana110
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,257 Spain99
39,531 Iran98
24,294 Cameroon84
37,804 Argentina83
30,412 Australia74
21,426 Pakistan74
2,606 Taiwan72
7,946 Colombia70
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
142,161 France45
34,572 Kenya45
11,917 Venezuela43
176,839 Indonesia41
10,676 Kuwait39
4,042 Panama36
106,971 DR Congo34
6,884 Singapore34
81,435 South Africa33
22,171 Sweden31
9,936 Afghanistan30
4,782 Solomon Islands24
14,824 Dominican Republic23
2,336 El Salvador23
13,939 Uruguay21
10,911 Ireland15
26,891 Qatar12
41,789 Mexico11
12,017 Palestine11
89,142 Uganda11
15,850 Wales11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
318 Eritrea9
85,467 Netherlands9
9,186 Sri Lanka9
54,095 Benin8
34,598 New Zealand8
5,474 Honduras6
121,657 Italy6
28,047 Scotland6
11,326 Syria6
18,907 Yemen6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Wilhelm Basil was 26 years old when he migrated to United States on July 8, 1870. He lived in Germany where he worked as joiner and took Western Metropolis from Christiansand, Kiel & Swinemunde.

Basil Namesakes

  • Adam Basil, former Australian track and field athlete
  • Wassily de Basil, Russian ballet impresario

Basil Namesakes

  • Adam Basil, former Australian track and field athlete
  • Wassily de Basil, Russian ballet impresario

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