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    The surname Borrego

    A surname, carried by 6,772 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B620

    Borrego: #5,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Borrego #5,167, 6,772 people Borrego: #5,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Borrego #5,167, 6,772 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Borrego is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,772 people named Borrego in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,591 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,662.

    #5,167
    rank among US surnames
    6,772
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,622)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,164Hulse6,77645,565
    #5,165Guarino6,77545,571
    #5,166Rickman6,77445,578
    #5,167Borrego6,77245,591

    Who is named Borrego

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

    91% of people named Borrego identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Borregos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Borrego
      Basketball coach, born 1975

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Borrego

    Borrego has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Borrego?
    6,772 people in the United States had the surname Borrego in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,591 Americans. It ranked 5,167th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Borrego?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Borrego identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Borrego?
    James Borrego, basketball coach.
    Where is the surname Borrego most common?
    Wikidata records people named Borrego in the United States.
    Is the surname Borrego getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,772 in 2010, up 20%.