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    The surname Born

    A surname, carried by 6,771 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B650

    Born: #5,168 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Born #5,168, 6,771 people Born: #5,168 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Born #5,168, 6,771 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Born is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A variant of Bourne.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,771 people named Born in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,598 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,385.

    #5,168
    rank among US surnames
    6,771
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,042)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,165Guarino6,77545,571
    #5,166Rickman6,77445,578
    #5,167Borrego6,77245,591
    #5,168Born6,77145,598

    Who is named Born

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

    94% of people named Born identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Borns

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • B. H. Born
      American basketball player, 1932–2013
    • Brooksley Born
      American lawyer and economist, born 1940

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Born

    Born has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Born come from?
    A variant of Bourne.
    How common is the surname Born?
    6,771 people in the United States had the surname Born in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,598 Americans. It ranked 5,168th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Born?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Born identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Born?
    B. H. Born, American basketball player, followed by Brooksley Born.
    Where is the surname Born most common?
    Wikidata records people named Born in the United States.
    Is the surname Born getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,771 in 2010, up 6.0%.