How common is the surname Borton?

3,461 people in the United States had the surname Borton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,207 Americans. It ranked 9,395th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Borton?

In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Borton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Borton getting more or less common?

More common. 3,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,461 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Borton

A surname, carried by 3,461 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Borton is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,461 people named Borton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,207 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,373.

#9,395

rank among US surnames

3,461

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,922)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,389	Averett	3,464	89,130
#9,393	Byington	3,463	89,156
#9,394	Hovis	3,462	89,181
#9,395	Borton	3,461	89,207
#9,397	Elia	3,460	89,233
#9,399	Edinger	3,459	89,259
#9,403	Samayoa	3,458	89,284

Who is named Borton

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

82% of people named Borton identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Borton

Borton has the Soundex code B635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B635.

Questions

How common is the surname Borton?: 3,461 people in the United States had the surname Borton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,207 Americans. It ranked 9,395th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Borton?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Borton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Borton getting more or less common?: More common. 3,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,461 in 2010, up 2.6%.