Baas: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

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The meaning behind Baas

Many Baas families will find their roots under Bass, the form most records use. Name scholars give the meaning as “Short, low”.

Baas is listed among the recognised spellings of Bass. The same family of names includes Base and Basse. The 2010 census count for Baas in the United States was 1,573, good for rank 17,798. Between 1891 and 2000, 351 babies born in France were registered as Baas, with the most births in 1941–1950.

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