Today, I was writing an email and I had to write ” in/on/at the back of your head”. My first instinct was to do a few searches to find the right article. I didn’t find any relevant article, so I tried something else.
I searched for the phrases in quotes. Here are the results.
Phrase — # search results
“at the back of your head” — 69,600
“on the back of your head” — 108,000
“in the back of your head” — 270,000
I’m guessing the usage depends on the object/idea surrounding the head 
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If it’s an idea, I’d say “in the back of your mind.”
If it’s an object, I could throw it at the back of your head, stick it on the back of your head, or, if you were a zombie, shove it in the back of your head.
Posted 04 Feb 2009 at 12:22 am ¶“in the back of your mind”
Posted 04 Feb 2009 at 9:44 am ¶Results: 101,000,000
well, “back” in itself is a direction – so maybe you can skip in/on/at and simply retain “back”
Eg: What do you have back of your head?
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