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    The surname Borgen

    A Norwegian surname, carried by 1,939 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B625

    Borgen: #15,194 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Borgen #15,194, 1,939 people Borgen: #15,194 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Borgen #15,194, 1,939 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Borgen is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    Norwegian origin

    Danish and Norwegian surname, variant of Borg.

    One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,939 people named Borgen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,229 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,812.

    #15,194
    rank among US surnames
    1,939
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #14,966)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,194Herzberg1,939159,229
    #15,201Munk1,938159,311

    Who is named Borgen

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

    87% of people named Borgen identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.8%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    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 Borgen

    Borgen has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

    Other Norwegian surnames

    All 31 Norwegian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Borgen come from?
    Danish and Norwegian surname, variant of Borg.
    How common is the surname Borgen?
    1,939 people in the United States had the surname Borgen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,229 Americans. It ranked 15,194th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Borgen?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Borgen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Borgen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,939 in 2010, up 7.0%.