# DeBacker (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/debacker/  
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 Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 542 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,371 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 569,641 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.9% (558 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch de Backer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named DeBacker 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named DeBacker in Belgium and Australia.

## People named DeBacker

- Jean De Backer, Belgian water polo player
- Bert De Backer, Belgian road cyclist
- Philippe De Backer, Belgian politician
- Gotye, Belgian-Australian musician (born 1980)

## 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.