About the Bascomb Surname

Bascomb is how some branches of the Bascom family came to write their name. The family name meaning is “Someone who came from Boscombe (box-tree valley), in Wiltshire”, the same as for Bascom.

Heraldry and the Bascomb name

Arms linked to Bascom and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Bascomb and Bascom

Bascomb is listed among the recognised spellings of Bascom. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Bascomb with 396 bearers, at rank 52,383. For the full story, order the Bascomb surname pack.