# Borja (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,618 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,656 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 40,528 people |
| Change since 2000 | +42% (5,376 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Borja 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) | 6.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 64% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 25% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Borja in Mexico and the United States.

## People named Borja

- Carlos Borja, basketball player (1913–1992)
- Víctor Borja, basketball player (1912–1954)
- Chico Borja, American soccer player-coach

## Similar surnames

Borgia, Borg, Bork, Brooks, Burke, Bowers, Brock, Briggs, Bruce, Berg, Burch, Barrios.

## 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.