Bäcks Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Bäcks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bäcks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland111:499,70030,478
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

The alternate forms: Backs (1,863) are calculated separately.

Bäcks Last Name Facts

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

Bäcks is more frequently found in Finland than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Backs. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bäcks? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,116,508th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bäcks are found; 91 percent are found in Northern Europe and 91 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widely held in Finland, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 499,700. In Finland Bäcks is mostly found in: Ostrobothnia, where 64 percent reside and Uusimaa, where 36 percent reside. Besides Finland this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 43 percent reside and Germany, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Backs931,863/
Bäckås911/
Bäck895,395/
Becks803,845/
Bocks80981/
Bicks80224/
Bäk7566/
Bäc751/
Buycks73240/
Baicks7337/
Boycks7332/
Bätcke7314/
Håbäck739/
Backås739/
Beecks739/
Backsh733/
Bhicks732/
Boecks732/
Bocksh731/
Becksc731/
Beckst731/
Buicks731/
Bick's731/
Bickse730/
Beck67320,136/
Baks6714,295/
Böck6711,521/
Bick677,644/
Beks672,527/
Boks671,789/
Bocksch67310/
Byck67235/
Biks67160/
Byks6758/
Buyckes6740/
Böcs6732/
Backhsh677/
Bäcq674/
Bäcková674/
Backsch674/
Bäke672/
Bècs671/
Väck671/
Bäsk671/
Bjck671/
Boickes670/
Buickes670/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bäcks
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