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The surname Borgia

An Italian surname, carried by 1,032 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B620

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Borgia is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Borgia, from Spanish Borja.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,032 people named Borgia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,000.

#24,305
rank among US surnames
1,032
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+3.2%
change since 2000 (was #23,638)

Who is named Borgia

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

94% of people named Borgia identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Borgia

Borgia has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Other Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Borgia come from?
Borrowed from Italian Borgia, from Spanish Borja.
How common is the surname Borgia?
1,032 people in the United States had the surname Borgia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. It ranked 24,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Borgia?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Borgia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Borgia getting more or less common?
More common. 1,000 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,032 in 2010, up 3.2%.