Backward Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Backward Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 81 | 1:4,474,802 | 235,715 |
| South Africa | 42 | 1:1,289,945 | 71,309 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Backward Demographics
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Backward Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Backward Come From? nationality or country of origin
Backward is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Backward? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,596,935th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. Backward occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Backward live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 4,474,802. In The United States Backward is primarily found in: Oklahoma, where 51 percent reside, South Dakota, where 47 percent reside and California, where 1 percent reside. Aside from The United States Backward is found in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside.
Backward Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Backward last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the party.
The amount Backward earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 53.5% less than the national average, earning R 110,496 per year and in United States they earn 17.62% less than the national average, earning $35,548 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 Backward
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