The Bora surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 627 people carried this name — #35,812 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 8% from 582 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
164 people named Bora have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 215 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 140 people named Bora live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
74 people named Bora live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Bora.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
77 people named Bora is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Bora,
with a public archive behind them.
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Katharina von Bora 1499–1552 · nun -
Manik Bora d. 2018 · writer
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Josef Bora 1896– · poet
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Arslan Bora 1914–1974 · politician
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Arslan Bora 1914–1974 · politician
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Bogdan Bora 1920–1997 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bora.
- Boone 53,792 · U.S. census
- Boos 3,562 · U.S. census
- Bootz 380 · U.S. census
- Bopp 2,891 · U.S. census
- Boquet 529 · U.S. census
- Bor 430 · U.S. census
- Bord 357 · U.S. census
- Borda 1,193 · U.S. census
- Bordas 557 · U.S. census
- Borde 333 · U.S. census
- Bordeau 1,012 · U.S. census
- Bordeaux 3,138 · U.S. census
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