The Borders surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,053 people carried this name — #3,928 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 8,618 in 2000.

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In print

Borders in American newspapers,
1912.

Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Borders
The Daily Missoulian 1912-01-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Borders in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

321 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Borders. The most, 53, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 113
Victoria 76
Queensland 70
South Australia 28
Western Australia 18
Tasmania 11
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Borders.

Who carried it

People named Borders,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joe H. Borders
    Joe H. Borders 1858– · writer
  • Herbert Borders d. 1992 · composer
  • James Borders 1905–1971
  • William Donald Borders 1913–2010 · Catholic priest
  • Bill Borders 1930–2022 · amateur wrestler

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Borders,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States450 records

450 records of the Borders name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 317
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 103
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Fred F. Borders

    Born 1919 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Croft, South Carolina; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Elizabeth Baptist Church Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Wardell Borders

    Born 1945; from Bronson, Florida. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Borders

    Arrived at New York in 1877 aboard the Greece from London, aged 47; farm laborer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 450 records for Borders in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Borders name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Samuel Borders

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Neleus, aged 22.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Borders

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Neleus, aged 21.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 7 records for Borders in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands5 records

5 records of the Borders name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johannes Borders

    Married in 1678 in Rotterdam; born in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Catharina Petrus Borders

    Baptised in 1617 in Diessen.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Jan Borders

    Buried in 1765 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Borders in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Borders name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Penelope Borders

    Buried in 1820 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 42.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Borders name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Erich Borders

    From Berklingen, Wolfenbüttel. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 24 October 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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