# Bordeaux (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bordeaux/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,138 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,274 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,389 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.3% (2,870 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɔɹˈdoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Bordeaux (Middle French Bordeaulx), from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bordeaux in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 65% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 15% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Similar surnames

Bordas, Bridges, Bradshaw, Burdick, Bratcher, Beardsley, Bridge, Bartz, Birdsong, Braddock, Bridgeman, Brodsky.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.