Backman

3,046 people in the United States were counted with the surname Backman in the 2020 census, making it the 10,086th most common in the country. That is about one person in 98,100.

By the numbers

People: 3,046
Rank: 10,086th
How common: 1 in 98,100
Per 100,000: 1.0

Where the name comes from

From Old English ġebæc (“bakemeats”) + mann (“man”), to denote a maker and/or seller of pastries, pies, etc.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 85.4%
Black, not Hispanic 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Backman

Fredrik Backman (born 1981)Swedish writer
Kjell Bäckman (1934–2019)Swedish speed skater
Niklas Backman (born 1988)Swedish footballer
Eric Backman (1896–1965)athletics competitor
Christian Bäckman (born 1980)Swedish ice hockey player
Johan Bäckman (born 1971)Finnish political author, legal sociologist and criminologist

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

Surnames like Backman

Try it on yourself

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.