# Boron (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 924 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,422 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 334,140 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.1% (944 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Polish surname, pet form of Borzysław, Borzymir, formed from obsolete bor (“to fight”), from Proto-Slavic *borti. * As a French surname, from a placename in Franche-Comté. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Baron. * The placename in California is from the element boron.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boron 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Similar surnames

Barron, Baron, Bourne, Boren, Byron, Born, Borne, Bourn, Biron, Breon, Brion, Borromeo.

## 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.