Bas History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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During that dark period of history known as the Middle Ages, the name of Bas was first used in Austria. While the patronymic and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the name of the father and mother respectively, are the most common form of a hereditary surname in Germany, occupational surnames also emerged during the late Middle Ages. Many people, such as the Bas family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. However, an occupational name did not become a hereditary surname until the office or type of employment became hereditary. The surname Bas was an occupational name for a fine collector. Tracing the origin of the name further, we found the name Bas was derived from the German word buoze, which means fine.

Early Origins of the Bas family

The surname Bas was first found in Austria, where the name Bez made a great early contribution to the feudal society of early of Europe. The name Bez became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses which played important roles in the savage tribal and national conflicts which resulted as various groups sought to maximize their power and status in an ever changing territorial profile.

Early History of the Bas family

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Bas Spelling Variations

One can encounter great variation in the spelling of surnames: in early times, spelling in general, and thus the spelling of names was not yet standardized; and later, spellings would change with branching and movement of families. Variations of the name Bas include Bez, Bezz, Bezze, Beze, Bes, Bese, Baz, Baez, Bazz, Baezz, Bazze, Baezze, Baze, Baeze, Bas, Baes, Base, Baese, Bezer and many more.

Early Notables of the Bas family

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Bas Ranking

In France, the name Bas is the 3,361^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1

Bas migration to the United States +

After the First World War, Austria became a republic. The Treaty of Versailles broke up the empire in 1919 and many of the Sudeten Germans were incorporated into the new nation of Czechoslovakia. In the 20th century, many Austrians migrated to other parts of Germany or Europe, as well as to North America. In the United States, the majority of settlers landed in Philadelphia, and moved on to Ohio, Texas, Illinois, California, New York, and Maryland. Many German settlers also migrated to Canada, particularly Ontario and the Prairies. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Bas were

Bas Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Herman Hendrickszen Bas, who landed in New York in 1682 2

Bas Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Joseph Bas, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1751 2
Joseph Bas, who arrived in Maine in 1752

Bas Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Francisco Bas, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1816 2
Juan Bas, aged 18, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1831 2
Sebastian Bas, aged 40, who landed in Key West, Fla in 1837 2
Sebastian bas, who arrived in Key West, Fla. in 1837
Jose Bas, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 2
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Contemporary Notables of the name Bas (post 1700) +

Nicolas-Denis de Bas de L'Aulne, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
Noel Bas (b. 1877), French Olympian who won a silver medal for gymnastics at the 1900 games
Manuel Durán y Bas, Spanish politician
Bas Kuipers (b. 1994), Dutch footballer
Bas Veenstra (b. 1995), Dutch basketball player
Bas van Erp (1979-2016), Dutch two-time bronze medalist wheelchair tennis player in 2004
Bas Kast, German writer
Bas Jan Ader (1942-1975), Dutch conceptual artist

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Nicolas-Denis Bas. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html