How common is the surname Backlund?

1,312 people in the United States had the surname Backlund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. It ranked 20,274th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Backlund?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Backlund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Backlund?

Bob Backlund, American professional wrestler.

Where is the surname Backlund most common?

Wikidata records people named Backlund in the United States.

Is the surname Backlund getting more or less common?

More common. 1,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,312 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Backlund

A Swedish surname, carried by 1,312 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Backlund is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

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

One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,312 people named Backlund in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,308.

#20,274

rank among US surnames

1,312

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,196)

Who is named Backlund

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

97% of people named Backlund identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Backlunds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bob Backlund
American professional wrestler, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Backlund

Buckland

Backlund has the Soundex code B245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B245.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Backlund come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Backlund or Bäcklund, from backe (“hill”) or bäck (“stream”) + lund (“grove”).
How common is the surname Backlund?: 1,312 people in the United States had the surname Backlund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. It ranked 20,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Backlund?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Backlund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Backlund?: Bob Backlund, American professional wrestler.
Where is the surname Backlund most common?: Wikidata records people named Backlund in the United States.
Is the surname Backlund getting more or less common?: More common. 1,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,312 in 2010, up 0.3%.