Backas Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Backas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 140 | 1:39,262 | 4,986 |
| United States | 91 | 1:3,983,065 | 216,270 |
| Jamaica | 56 | 1:51,249 | 2,953 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 42 | 1:1,195,683 | 67,545 |
Backas Demographics
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Backas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Backas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Backas is held by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Backas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 842,714th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,354,435 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Backas are found; 51 percent are found in Northern Europe and 51 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Backas is most numerous in Finland, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 39,262. In Finland it is most frequent in: Southwest Finland, where 44 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 39 percent are found and Åland Islands, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Finland Backas exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Jamaica, where 17 percent are found.
Backas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Backas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Backas last name increased 217 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Backas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (80%) in Ireland.
In The United States Backas are 24.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 77.78% being registered with the political party.
Backas earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.89% more than the national average, earning $62,087 USD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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