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    The surname Bora

    A surname, carried by 627 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bora is more common than 77.9% of them.

    Origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from Assamese বৰা (bora), a surname of unclear origin. * Borrowed from Romanian Bora, a feminine hypocoristic form of the personal name Boris. * Borrowed from Polish Bora, a pet form of Borzyslaw or Bolebor. * Borrowed from Hungarian Bora, a variant of Bara.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 627 people named Bora in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 492,417 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 582.

    #35,812
    rank among US surnames
    627
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #36,328)

    Who is named Bora

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    58% of people named Bora identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 33%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bora

    Bora has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bora come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from Assamese বৰা (bora), a surname of unclear origin. * Borrowed from Romanian Bora, a feminine hypocoristic form of the personal name Boris. * Borrowed from Polish Bora, a pet form of Borzyslaw or Bolebor. * Borrowed from Hungarian Bora, a variant of Bara.
    How common is the surname Bora?
    627 people in the United States had the surname Bora in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 492,417 Americans. It ranked 35,812th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bora?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Bora identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Bora getting more or less common?
    More common. 582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 627 in 2010, up 7.7%.