How common is the surname Backer?

3,380 people in the United States had the surname Backer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,345 Americans. It ranked 9,615th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Backer most common?

Wikidata records people named Backer in the United States.

Is the surname Backer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,380 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Backer

An occupational surname, carried by 3,380 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Backer is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

* As a German (Bäcker) and occasionally Danish surname, variant of Becker. Compare also Baecker. * As a Dutch and occasionally Norwegian surname, variant of Bakker. Compare also DeBacker. * As an English surname, variant of Baker.

Backer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,380 people named Backer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,345 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,264.

#9,615

rank among US surnames

3,380

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,189)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,607	Wingert	3,383	91,264
#9,609	Sabatino	3,382	91,291
#9,611	Cuenca	3,381	91,318
#9,615	Backer	3,380	91,345
#9,618	Courville	3,379	91,372
#9,620	Mardis	3,378	91,399
#9,621	Nassar	3,377	91,426

Who is named Backer

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

91% of people named Backer identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Backers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brian Backer
American actor, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Backer

Backer has the Soundex code B260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B260.

Questions

Where does the surname Backer come from?: * As a German (Bäcker) and occasionally Danish surname, variant of Becker. Compare also Baecker. * As a Dutch and occasionally Norwegian surname, variant of Bakker. Compare also DeBacker. * As an English surname, variant of Baker.
How common is the surname Backer?: 3,380 people in the United States had the surname Backer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,345 Americans. It ranked 9,615th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Backer?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Backer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Backer?: Brian Backer, American actor.
Where is the surname Backer most common?: Wikidata records people named Backer in the United States.
What type of surname is Backer?: Backer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Backer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,380 in 2010, up 3.6%.