Back

Back is the 4,138th most common surname in the United States, shared by 8,316 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 35,900.

By the numbers

People: 8,316
Rank: 4,138th
How common: 1 in 35,900
Per 100,000: 2.8

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Back described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 84.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 6.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.1%
Black, not Hispanic 0.8%

Notable people called Back

Frédéric Back (1924–2013)Canadian animator
George Back (1796–1878)British Royal Navy admiral
Adam Back (born 1970)British cryptographer
Axel Bäck (born 1987)Swedish alpine skier
Lennart Back (1933–2022)Swedish athletics competitor

People named Back with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Back

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.