The surname Bordeaux
A French surname, carried by 3,138 people in the United States.
Pronounced /bɔɹˈdoʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex B632
Origin
French origin
Borrowed from French Bordeaux (Middle French Bordeaulx), from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,138 people named Bordeaux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,389 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,870.
Who is named Bordeaux
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
65% of people named Bordeaux identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 65%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 15%
- Black (not Hispanic) 14%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Two or more races 2.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Bordeaux
Bordeaux has the Soundex code B632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B632.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Bordeaux come from?
- Borrowed from French Bordeaux (Middle French Bordeaulx), from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.
- How common is the surname Bordeaux?
- 3,138 people in the United States had the surname Bordeaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,389 Americans. It ranked 10,274th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bordeaux?
- In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Bordeaux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- How do you pronounce Bordeaux?
- Bordeaux is /bɔɹˈdoʊ/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Bordeaux getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,870 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,138 in 2010, up 9.3%.