Backston Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Backston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Backston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Backston (24) may also be a first name.

Backston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Backston is found most frequently in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Backston? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Backston are found; 82 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Backston is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous first name in the world, held by 24 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 20,136,607. In The United States Backston is most common in: California, where 67 percent live, Ohio, where 22 percent live and Connecticut, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Costa Rica, where 5 percent live and Malawi, where 5 percent live.

Backston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Backston are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Backston earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.98% less than the national average, earning $34,528 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Backston
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