Backstedt Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Finland

Backstedt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Backstedt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

The alternate forms: Bäckstedt (172) are calculated separately.

Backstedt Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Backstedt Come From? nationality or country of origin

Backstedt occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Bäckstedt. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Backstedt? popularity and diffusion

The last name Backstedt is the 3,055,934th most common family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Backstedt are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 10,660,557. In The United States Backstedt is mostly found in: California, where 35 percent are found, Louisiana, where 26 percent are found and Maryland, where 15 percent are found. Other than The United States it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 10 percent are found and Sweden, where 5 percent are found.

Backstedt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Backstedt surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75% registered with the political party.

Backstedt earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.36% less than the national average, earning $36,953 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Backstedt
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