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    The surname Bordley

    An English place surname, carried by 555 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B634

    Bordley: #39,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bordley #39,607, 555 people Bordley: #39,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bordley #39,607, 555 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bordley is more common than 75.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Bordley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 555 people named Bordley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 556,298 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 461.

    #39,607
    rank among US surnames
    555
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.4%
    change since 2000 (was #44,027)

    Who is named Bordley

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

    72% of people named Bordley identified as Black (not Hispanic), 23% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 72%
    • White (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Two or more races 4.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Bordleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Rawls
      American political philosopher (1921–2002)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Boardley

    Surnames that sound like Bordley

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bordley come from?
    From Old English bord (“board”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to board + -ley (“lea”).
    How common is the surname Bordley?
    555 people in the United States had the surname Bordley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 556,298 Americans. It ranked 39,607th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bordley?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Bordley identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 23% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bordley?
    John Rawls, American political philosopher (1921–2002).
    Where is the surname Bordley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bordley in the United States.
    What type of surname is Bordley?
    Bordley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bordley getting more or less common?
    More common. 461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 555 in 2010, up 20%.
    What are other spellings of Bordley?
    Boardley.