The Backert surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 148 people carried this name — #117,480 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 13% from 170 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 86 people named Backert.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Backert live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Backert,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eduard Backert 1874–1960 · brewer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Backert.
- Bacher 1,994 · U.S. census
- Bachini 154 · U.S. census
- Bachler 490 · U.S. census
- Bachmann 4,372 · U.S. census
- Back 8,762 · U.S. census
- Backer 3,380 · U.S. census
- Backes 2,421 · U.S. census
- Bacle 108 · U.S. census
- Baco 149 · U.S. census
- Bacon 29,860 · U.S. census
- Bacot 519 · U.S. census
- Bacque 136 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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