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    The surname Back

    A surname, carried by 8,762 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

    Back: #4,051 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Back #4,051, 8,762 people Back: #4,051 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Back #4,051, 8,762 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Back is more common than 97.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,762 people named Back in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,237 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,540.

    #4,051
    rank among US surnames
    8,762
    people in 2010
    3.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #3,811)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,042Jara8,79035,125
    #4,043Flanders8,78735,137
    #4,044Showalter8,78635,141
    #4,045Robinette8,78435,149
    #4,046Meeker8,78135,161
    #4,048Cathey8,77935,169
    #4,049Craddock8,77235,197

    Who is named Back

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Back identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 6.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Backs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Adam Back
      British cryptographer, born 1970

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Back

    Back has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Back?
    8,762 people in the United States had the surname Back in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,237 Americans. It ranked 4,051st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Back?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Back identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Back?
    Adam Back, British cryptographer.
    Where is the surname Back most common?
    Wikidata records people named Back in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Back getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,762 in 2010, up 2.6%.