what nationality is the last name basil
Basil Early Origins. Buy PDF History Â». The surname Basil was first found in the West Riding of Yorkshire in Bashall-Eaves, a township, in the parish of Mitton, union of Clitheroe, W. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross. Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.