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    The surname Borger

    A surname, carried by 2,466 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B626

    Borger: #12,557 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Borger #12,557, 2,466 people Borger: #12,557 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Borger #12,557, 2,466 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Borger is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,466 people named Borger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,201 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,523.

    #12,557
    rank among US surnames
    2,466
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #11,456)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,548Koop2,468125,099
    #12,554Crotts2,467125,150
    #12,557Pathak2,466125,201
    #12,560Randles2,465125,252
    #12,565Yandell2,464125,303
    #12,566Naples2,463125,353

    Who is named Borger

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

    96% of people named Borger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Borgers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gloria Borger
      American political pundit, journalist, and columnist, born 1952

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Borger

    Borger has the Soundex code B626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B626.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Borger?
    2,466 people in the United States had the surname Borger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,201 Americans. It ranked 12,557th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Borger?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Borger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Borger?
    Gloria Borger, American political pundit, journalist, and columnist.
    Where is the surname Borger most common?
    Wikidata records people named Borger in the United States.
    Is the surname Borger getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,466 in 2010, down 2.3%.