# Borg (surname)

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

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,843 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,928 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 63,751 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (4,733 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɔɹɡ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Danish and Norwegian surname, from various places derived from Old Norse borg (“stronghold”). * As a north/Low German surname, this is the Low German form of the surname Burg. * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish בורג (burg, “credit”), from Middle High German borgen (“to lend, borrow”), from Old High German borgēn. * As a Maltese surname, from the noun borġ (“tower, stronghold”), distantly related to the first two senses above.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Borg 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Borg in the United States and Austria.

## People named Borg

- Anita Borg, American computer scientist (1949-2003)
- Veda Ann Borg, actress (1915-1973)
- Marcus Borg, American Bible scholar (1942-2015)
- Robert Borg, American military officer and equestrian
- Andy Borg, Austrian Schlager singer (born 1960)
- Ray Borg, American mixed martial artist
- Carla Bley, American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader (1936–2023)

## Similar surnames

Berg, Borrego, Bürg, Bork, Bourg, Borek, Borja, Brough, Boris, Boros, Borge, Borgia.

## 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.