The Bordes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 637 people carried this name — #35,345 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 9% from 585 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,960 people named Bordes.
99 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 94 départements, most often Corrèze.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 289 people named Bordes 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Bordes live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Bordes 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 Bordes,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoine-Dominique Bordes 1815–1883 · ship-owner -
Ernest Bordes 1852–1914 · painter -
Marie-Léontine Bordes-Pène 1858–1924 · pianist -
Paul Joseph Bordes 1761–1847 · politician
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Joseph Bordes 1773–1838 · painter
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Adolphe Bordes 1806–1867
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bordes.
- 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
- Bordenave 482 · U.S. census
- Bordi 162 · U.S. census
- Bordin 113 · U.S. census
- Bordon 426 · U.S. census
- Bordone 119 · U.S. census
- Bordy 135 · U.S. census
- Bore 136 · U.S. census
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