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    The surname Borys

    A surname, carried by 851 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620 Also a first name

    Borys: #28,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Borys #28,131, 851 people Borys: #28,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Borys #28,131, 851 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Borys is more common than 82.7% of them.

    Origin

    From Ukrainian Бори́с (Borýs). Compare Belarusian Барыс (Barys), Russian Бори́с (Borís).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 851 people named Borys in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 362,803 Americans. That is down 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 884.

    #28,131
    rank among US surnames
    851
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #26,056)

    Who is named Borys

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

    97% of people named Borys identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Borys

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Borys come from?
    From Ukrainian Бори́с (Borýs). Compare Belarusian Барыс (Barys), Russian Бори́с (Borís).
    How common is the surname Borys?
    851 people in the United States had the surname Borys in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 362,803 Americans. It ranked 28,131st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Borys?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Borys identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Borys getting more or less common?
    Less common. 884 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 851 in 2010, down 3.7%.
    What are other spellings of Borys?
    Boris.
    Is Borys also a first name?
    Yes. Borys is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.