# Backlund (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/backlund/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Swedish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Swedish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,312 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,274 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 235,324 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (1,308 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Backlund or Bäcklund, from backe (“hill”) or bäck (“stream”) + lund (“grove”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Backlund in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Backlund in the United States.

## People named Backlund

- Bob Backlund, American professional wrestler

## Similar surnames

Buckland, Bucklin, Bockelman, Bowes-Lyon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.