The Boren surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,672 people carried this name — #4,625 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 7,232 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

22 people named Boren have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 24 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 1 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Masovian 22

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

842 people named Boren are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 637
Finland (2026) 205

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Boren in American newspapers,
1912–1922.

Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Boren
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1912-11-06
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Boren
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1912-11-06
Newspaper page from The Semi-weekly Leader carrying the name Boren
The Semi-weekly Leader 1922-08-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 52,589 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Boren in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.

190 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Boren. The most, 29, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 67
New South Wales 49
Queensland 38
Tasmania 12
South Australia 11
ACT (Canberra) 7
Western Australia 6

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

Who carried it

People named Boren,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carson Boren
    Carson Boren 1824–1912 · sheriff
  • Lyle Boren
    Lyle Boren 1909–1992 · politician
  • Mae Boren Axton
    Mae Boren Axton 1914–1997 · composer
  • Mary Ann Denny 1822–1912
  • Mary Ann Denny 1822–1910
  • Louisa Boren Denny 1827–1916 · pioneer

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 Boren,
in the records of 6 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 States407 records

407 records of the Boren name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 267
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 83
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 23
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert F. Boren

    Born 1918 in Missouri. Enlisted 1941 at Jefferson Barracks; auto mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Iowa Veterans Home & Cemetery, Marshalltown, Iowa.

    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 Jimmy Floyd Boren

    Born 1946; from Cadiz, Kentucky. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1965 in 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 Bridget Boren

    Arrived at New York in 1863 aboard the Chancellor from Liverpool, aged 17; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 407 records for Boren 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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).

Netherlands83 records

83 records of the Boren name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 47
  • Dutch population registers 21
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 15
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Peter Antonius Boren

    Born 1887 in Maastricht. Married in 1911 in Maastricht; "glasslijper".

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johanna Hubertina Boren

    Born 1911 in Maastricht. Married in 1931 in Maastricht.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Petrus Boren

    Born 1903 in Maastricht. Died 1922 in Maastricht, aged 18.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 83 records for Boren 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).

Norway6 records

6 records of the Boren name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Arvid Boren

    Census of 1910: Sommersæt, Lødingen; farmer, born 1865 in Sweden.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Aslaug Børen

    Census of 1910: Slethei, Høiland; born 1896 in Høiland.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Frithjof Boren

    Census of 1910: Lindstad, Løiten; born 1852 in Sweden.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Boren in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Boren name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Frederick Boren

    Died 1915 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Bror Herman Boren

    Died 1946; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record James Boren

    Listed at Halifax, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1838.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Boren in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Boren name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record J. A. Van Boren

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Minerva.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Boren in Australia.

Counts: 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Boren name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Conception Therese Boren

    Born 1900 in Béziers (Hérault); died 2000 in Plan-de-Cuques (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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