# Bordley (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 555 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,607 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 556,298 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (461 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Boardley |

## Etymology

From Old English bord (“board”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to board + -ley (“lea”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bordley 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) | 23% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 72% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 4.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bordley in the United States.

## People named Bordley

- John Rawls, American political philosopher (1921–2002)

## Similar surnames

Bradley, Bartley, Bordelon, Bartlett, Bartholomew, Breedlove, Bartels, Bartel, Bartell, Birdwell, Barthel, Bridwell.

## 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.