Backus Family History
Backus Name Meaning
English: from Middle English bakehous ‘bakehouse’ (Old
English bæchus), hence a topographic name for someone who
lived or worked in a bakery. adm See also German Backhaus.Lithuanian (Backus): from Lithuanian backa
‘barrel’, ‘cask’, hence either a nickname for a short, fat man or an
occupational name for a cooper.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Backus
Name Distribution of Backus Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Backus families
 4 - 5  2 - 3 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Backus families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Backus Family Origin
Backus Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Backus Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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