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The backs Surname

backs Name Meaning and History

  1. German: variant of Backhus.
  2. Latvian (Baks): derivative of the German surname.
  3. English: patronymic from Back 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The backs name in History

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Distribution of backs Families in the US in 1920
Number of backs families
 12-22
 5-11		 1-4
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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