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The surname Bordelon

A French surname, carried by 6,644 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B634

Bordelon: #5,251 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bordelon #5,251, 6,644 people Bordelon: #5,251 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bordelon #5,251, 6,644 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bordelon is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

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 6,644 people named Bordelon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,470 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,616.

#5,251
rank among US surnames
6,644
people in 2010
2.3
per 100,000 Americans
+0.4%
change since 2000 (was #4,873)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#5,246Pedro6,64946,435
#5,247Chrisman6,64746,449
#5,250Harrigan6,64646,456
#5,251Bordelon6,64446,470

Who is named Bordelon

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

94% of people named Bordelon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bordelon

Bordelon has the Soundex code B634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B634.

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bordelon come from?
Bordelon is French in origin.
How common is the surname Bordelon?
6,644 people in the United States had the surname Bordelon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,470 Americans. It ranked 5,251st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bordelon?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bordelon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bordelon getting more or less common?
More common. 6,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,644 in 2010, up 0.4%.