as a Last Name
- 9,063
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Back
Meaning & Origins
English: from Middle English bakke ‘back’ (Old English bæc), hence a nickname for someone with a hunched back or some other noticeable peculiarity of the back or spine, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or ridge, or at the rear of a settlement.
| 3,960th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 9,063
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Back per capita
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