Backer is used as a family name or surname in Belgium. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Backer
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Belgium
Meaning: Worn in Alsace and the Nord-Pas-de-Calais is a variant of Becker (= baker). The name Backert (67) should have the same meaning.

How popular is Backer?

Backer is common in Belgium.

Backer is ranked 26731 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Backer bearers increased by 3.553921 per cent in 2010 US census to 3380 since 2000, the surname slipped by 426 spots and ranked at 9615. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.39 91.67
Black 4.32 4.47
Hispanic or Latino 1.75 1.5
Others 1.24 1.29
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.71 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.59 0.55
Backer is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Qatar is ahead in terms of density. Around 19036 people have been found who wears Backer as their family name. Backer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,235 Costa Rica7
98,953 Belarus7
46,707 New Zealand5
9,053 Senegal5
1,654 Haiti5
8,438 China5
4,138 Bahrain3
661,536 Indonesia3
14,408 Uruguay2
24,766 Scotland2
12,161 Wales2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
147,165 Czech Republic2
40,256 Mexico2
5,817 Albania2
19,093 Finland2
4,249 Cambodia1
2,211 Brunei1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
37,779 Serbia1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
6,033 Benin1
90,903 Moldova1
53,505 Turkey1
11,486 Estonia1
2,724 New Caledonia1
3,350 Fiji1
1,818 Guernsey1
16,283 Lithuania1
16,073 Latvia1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
29,046 Japan1
16,640 Hong Kong1
1,879 Belize1
17,768 Pakistan1
5,553 Taiwan1
34,581 Chile1
8,859 Iraq1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
36,814 Romania1
38,830 Morocco1
25,721 Egypt1
5,924 Paraguay1
9,591 Panama1
20,172 Hungary1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
11,444 Portugal28
137,305 Ukraine26
11,685 Singapore24
5,263 Guyana13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
57,588 Argentina75
15,572 Switzerland72
78,184 Italy67
17,264 Israel59
37,652 Spain59
Countries with hundreds of Backer:
3,227 Netherlands788
42,984 India751
599 Qatar379
1,735 Norway354
18,360 South Africa329
12,891 Canada297
35,533 France282
19,128 England280
3,846 Sweden254
2,051 Oman248
28,734 Poland191
10,151 Malaysia177
4,517 Denmark133
19,364 Australia132
91,970 Russia130
12,545 Austria105
3,572 Kuwait104
Countries with thousands of Backer:
8,563 United States4,359
1,952 Germany4,169
2,364 Saudi Arabia1,501
11,277 Brazil1,208
859 United Arab Emirates1,193
1,334 Belgium1,114
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Engineer George Backer from Great Britain aboard the Northumberland from London during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in USA on April 9, 1846. Elizabeth Backer, aged 30, Jane Backer, aged 16, Mgt. Backer, aged 24, are other Backer that migrated to US.

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 Backer a native of Alsace and Lorraine, name profession designating the baker.

Backer Namesakes

  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl, Composer
  • Donald C. Backer, Astrophysicist
  • P. A. Backer, Film director
  • Dagny Backer Johnsen, Actress
  • Kristiane Backer, Television presenter
  • Jannis Bäcker, Bobsledder
  • Harriet Backer, Artist
  • Joris Backer, Politician
  • Kristiane Backer, Television presenter
  • Brian Backer, Actor

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