Backström Surname
Approximately 1,248 people bear this surname
Backström Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 921 | 1:10,691 | 943 |
| Finland | 300 | 1:18,322 | 2,610 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Bäckström (7,682) are calculated separately.
Backström Demographics
Average Backström Salary in
Norway
339,892 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Backström Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Backström Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Backström is most common in Sweden. It can occur as: Bäckström. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Backström? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 303,787th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,839,380 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Backström live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
It is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is carried by 921 people, or 1 in 10,691. In Sweden Backström is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 18 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 17 percent are found and Dalarna County, where 10 percent are found. Not including Sweden Backström occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 24 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Backström Last Name Statistics demography
Backström earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 1.79% less than the national average, earning 339,892 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bäckström | 96 | 7,682 | / |
| Baeckström | 95 | 93 | / |
| Bakström | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wackström | 89 | 49 | / |
| Beckström | 89 | 48 | / |
| Vackström | 89 | 8 | / |
| Bockström | 89 | 7 | / |
| Backstroem | 84 | 2 | / |
| Bokström | 82 | 155 | / |
| Bäkström | 82 | 1 | / |
| Baeckstroem | 80 | 5 | / |
| Baggström | 78 | 153 | / |
| Bachstroem | 74 | 7 | / |
| Beckstroem | 74 | 2 | / |
| Boxström | 71 | 83 | / |
| Bogström | 71 | 31 | / |
| Bekstrem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baxtrem | 63 | 32 | / |
| Boxtröm | 63 | 1 | / |
| Woxström | 59 | 15 | / |
| Voxström | 59 | 14 | / |
| Weikstroem | 53 | 0 | / |
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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 Backström
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