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    The surname Borel

    A surname, carried by 2,096 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B640

    Borel: #14,286 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Borel #14,286, 2,096 people Borel: #14,286 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Borel #14,286, 2,096 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Borel is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,096 people named Borel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,302 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,867.

    #14,286
    rank among US surnames
    2,096
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.3%
    change since 2000 (was #14,615)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,279Wiersma2,097147,232
    #14,286Lusby2,096147,302
    #14,294Oehler2,095147,373

    Who is named Borel

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

    83% of people named Borel identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Borel

    Borel has the Soundex code B640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Borel?
    2,096 people in the United States had the surname Borel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,302 Americans. It ranked 14,286th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Borel?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Borel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Borel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,867 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,096 in 2010, up 12%.