The Borda surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,193 people carried this name — #21,790 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is up 21% from 990 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Borda surname
Borrowed from Spanish Borda, from Basque borda (“hamlet”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Borda» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 17,006 people named Borda 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 263 people named Borda.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
171 people named Borda have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 197 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
49 people named Borda live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
Who carried it
People named Borda,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Charles de Borda 1733–1799 · writer -
Enrique Borda 1841–1897 · lawyer -
Julio Borda 1873–1944 · politician -
Arturo Borda 1883–1953 · actor -
Alexandru Borda d. 1954 · priest
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Siro Borda 1761–1824 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Borda.
- Bootz 380 · U.S. census
- Bopp 2,891 · U.S. census
- Boquet 529 · U.S. census
- Bor 430 · U.S. census
- Bora 627 · U.S. census
- Bord 357 · 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
- Bordenave 482 · U.S. census
- Bordes 637 · U.S. census
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