Backwoods Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Finland

Backwoods Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Backwoods Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Backwoods Last Name Facts

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

The last name Backwoods occurs most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Backwoods? popularity and diffusion

The surname Backwoods is the 4,532,898th most frequent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Backwoods is primarily found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Backwoods live; 84 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States it is most frequent in: West Virginia, where 18 percent live, Wisconsin, where 18 percent live and Georgia, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 26 percent live and Finland, where 5 percent live.

Backwoods Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Backwoods has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Backwoods last name rose 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Backwoods Last Name Statistics demography

Backwoods earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.74% more than the national average, earning $55,550 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bacodes751/
Backodissa749/
Peak-Woods741/
Bakodisa7122/
Bigwoods7110/
Backdese711/
Bockodas711/
Bakdas6735/
Bakdis675/
Baikoudis671/
Bacdos671/
Back Dias671/
Bakwatse592/
Bacwac531/

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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 Backwoods
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