Bäckman Surname
Approximately 4,863 people bear this surname
Bäckman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 3,770 | 1:2,612 | 248 |
| Finland | 985 | 1:5,580 | 882 |
| Norway | 50 | 1:102,846 | 13,903 |
| Estonia | 38 | 1:34,784 | 6,408 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Backman (13,676) are calculated separately.
Bäckman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bäckman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bäckman is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Backman. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bäckman? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bäckman is the 97,577th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,498,570 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bäckman are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
It is most numerous in Sweden, where it is borne by 3,770 people, or 1 in 2,612. In Sweden Bäckman is most common in: Stockholm County, where 19 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 14 percent live and Västerbotten County, where 8 percent live. Barring Sweden it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 20 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.
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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 Bäckman
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