The surname Borjas
A Spanish surname, carried by 3,609 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B622
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Borjas. This surname is mostly found in Honduras.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,609 people named Borjas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,549 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,400.
Who is named Borjas
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Borjas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- Two or more races 0.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Borjas
Borjas has the Soundex code B622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B622.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Borjas come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Borjas. This surname is mostly found in Honduras.
- How common is the surname Borjas?
- 3,609 people in the United States had the surname Borjas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,549 Americans. It ranked 9,054th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Borjas?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Borjas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Borjas getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,609 in 2010, up 50%.