Last Name BACKUS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: At the bake-house, from residence therein. From Back-haus, a bake-house.

Origin	English, German, Lithuanian, Irish, Slovakian, Belgian

Rank	4,749 (2000 US census)	5,104 (1990 US census)

Count	6,822 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

87.89%, or 5996 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
8.05%, or 549 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 33 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.47%, or 32 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.72%, or 117 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.39%, or 95 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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