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    The surname Border

    A surname, carried by 2,295 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B636

    Border: #13,291 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Border #13,291, 2,295 people Border: #13,291 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Border #13,291, 2,295 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Border is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,295 people named Border in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,530 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,186.

    #13,291
    rank among US surnames
    2,295
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,900)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,283Chaput2,296134,471
    #13,291Rolling2,295134,530
    #13,297Pruneda2,294134,588
    #13,300Golla2,293134,647

    Who is named Border

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

    93% of people named Border identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Borders

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Allan Border
      Australian cricketer (born 1955)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Border

    Border has the Soundex code B636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B636.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Border?
    2,295 people in the United States had the surname Border in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,530 Americans. It ranked 13,291st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Border?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Border identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Border?
    Allan Border, Australian cricketer (born 1955).
    Where is the surname Border most common?
    Wikidata records people named Border in Australia.
    Is the surname Border getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,186 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,295 in 2010, up 5.0%.