Backway Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Backway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Backway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia631:428,50333,982
England551:1,013,05650,089
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:518,62527,981
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Backway Last Name Facts

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

The surname Backway is found most in Australia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Backway? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,484,726th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 44 percent of Backway live; 44 percent live in Australasia and 44 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most widespread in Australia, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 428,503. In Australia it is most frequent in: Victoria, where 98 percent reside and New South Wales, where 2 percent reside. Other than Australia this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 39 percent reside and Canada, where 13 percent reside.

Backway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Backway has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Backway last name grew 117 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Backway Last Name Statistics demography

Backway earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 2.83% less than the national average, earning $48,278 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Bakwayo862/
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Bankwaya801/
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Bagway77140/
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Bahcwa772/
Bakwae771/
Bacwha771/
Bakhwa771/
Baakwa771/
Bacwai771/
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Bakwea771/
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Bauckwath751/
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Bakuaya71234/
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Bakwiye71129/
Bakwuye71118/
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Bockwyt716/
Bankwah716/
Bakkwai715/
Bakweya714/
Wakwaye714/
Bakwoye713/
Bakuaye712/
Bakhwai712/
Wakwayu712/
Bokwayi711/
Bankuay711/
Bokwayo711/
Bahakwa711/
Bakweye711/
Bakweha711/
Bakhwaj711/
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Wakwayi711/
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Bagwayi711/
Backuas711/
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Baikwad711/
Bekwa673,226/
Bokwa671,382/
Bakua67764/
Baqwa67493/
Wakwa67428/
Bakwe67346/
Bagwa67297/
Bacua6746/
Bhadkwad6730/
Bankuayi6727/
Backwith6721/
Bakwi6715/
Vakwa6713/
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Bocwa6711/
Bangwaya678/
Wankwaya677/
Bhekwayo673/
Bakhwaji671/
Bakwueye671/
Bacwe671/

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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 Backway
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