Backus is used as a family name or surname in German. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Backus
No. of characters: 6
Origin: German
Meaning: From Back-haus, a bake house

How popular is Backus?

Backus is common in United States.

Backus is ranked 44634 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Backus bearers increased by 3.547347 per cent in 2010 US census to 7064 since 2000, the surname slipped by 225 spots and ranked at 4974. The last name was found in around 24 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.15 87.89
Black 7.96 8.05
Hispanic or Latino 2.19 1.39
Others 1.83 1.72
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.34 0.47
Backus is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 10803 people have been found who wears Backus as their family name. Backus is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,552 Qatar2
34,681 Norway2
11,736 Lithuania2
89,020 Tanzania2
124,220 Italy2
147,165 Czech Republic2
18,969 Wales1
13,606 Senegal1
7,191 Afghanistan1
53,033 Nigeria1
49,529 Israel1
53,505 Turkey1
77,122 Sweden1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
40,340 Malaysia1
8,268 Mauritius1
17,236 Ghana1
277,603 France1
169,904 Brazil1
66,560 Philippines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
38,841 Scotland1
9,591 Panama1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
28,564 Switzerland36
43,662 Belgium30
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,801 Northern Ireland72
35,454 Australia61
Countries with hundreds of Backus:
4,697 Netherlands567
22,254 Germany471
9,330 Canada430
6,589 Peru342
31,049 England145
Countries with thousands of Backus:
4,627 United States8,582
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Comments

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Shawanda Turk
The origin of the name is Germanic etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of the German words bake hus which means house of bread that name specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Backus Namesakes

  • Georgia Backus, Character actress
  • Azel Backus, Author
  • A. E. Backus, Artist
  • Irena Dorota Backus, Author
  • Jim Backus, Television actor
  • Georgia Backus, Character actress
  • Jim Backus, Television actor
  • Gus Backus, Singer
  • A. E. Backus, Artist
  • Jim Backus, Television actor

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