# Borquez (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,698 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,809 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 181,829 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (1,334 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bórquez. This surname is mostly found in Chile.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Borquez 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) | 8.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 90% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Similar surnames

Borges, Bohorquez, Burgess, Barajas, Burgos, Bourgeois, Burciaga, Borkowski, Bergquist, Burkes, Borjas, Bargas.

## 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.