How common is the surname Bornstein?

2,772 people in the United States had the surname Bornstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,380 Americans. It ranked 11,377th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bornstein?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bornstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bornstein?

Jonathan Bornstein, American soccer player, followed by Kate Bornstein.

Where is the surname Bornstein most common?

Wikidata records people named Bornstein in the United States.

Is the surname Bornstein getting more or less common?

More common. 2,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,772 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Bornstein

A surname, carried by 2,772 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bornstein is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,772 people named Bornstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,380 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,626.

#11,377

rank among US surnames

2,772

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,097)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,368	Nunnery	2,775	111,260
#11,371	MacIntyre	2,774	111,300
#11,374	Gessner	2,773	111,340
#11,377	Bornstein	2,772	111,380
#11,380	Sauers	2,771	111,420
#11,383	Mooneyham	2,770	111,460

Who is named Bornstein

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

95% of people named Bornstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bornsteins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jonathan Bornstein
American soccer player, born 1984
Kate Bornstein
American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bornstein

Bornstein has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

Questions

How common is the surname Bornstein?: 2,772 people in the United States had the surname Bornstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,380 Americans. It ranked 11,377th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bornstein?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bornstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bornstein?: Jonathan Bornstein, American soccer player, followed by Kate Bornstein.
Where is the surname Bornstein most common?: Wikidata records people named Bornstein in the United States.
Is the surname Bornstein getting more or less common?: More common. 2,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,772 in 2010, up 5.6%.