# Borgia (surname)

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

A surname. Famously borne by the House of Borgia, a prominent family during the Renaissance.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,032 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,305 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 299,172 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (1,000 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Borgia, from Spanish Borja.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Borgia 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Similar surnames

Borja, Borge, Borrego, Borg, Braga, Bork, Boris, Bourg, Brooks, Burke, Bowers, Brock.

## 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.