Bäckman Family Crest and Last Name Background

In parish registers, Bäckman often stands in for Beckmann. The name is usually explained as “Dweller by a brook”.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Bäckman family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

A variant of Beckmann

Before spelling was fixed, Beckmann was also written Bäckman. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Bäckmand, Baeckman and Beckman.

The 2010 census count for Bäckman in the United States was 3,210, good for rank 10,034. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames. Want more than a summary? See the Bäckman family name pack.