Bäckstedt Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Bäckstedt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bäckstedt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1691:58,2654,488
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Backstedt (41) are calculated separately.

Bäckstedt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bäckstedt has its highest incidence in Sweden. It can be rendered as: Backstedt. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bäckstedt? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bäckstedt is the 1,310,135th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bäckstedt reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 58,265. In Sweden Bäckstedt is most numerous in: Östergötland County, where 54 percent are found, Kalmar County, where 11 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 8 percent are found. Other than Sweden this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Bäckstedt
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