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The Borges surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,337 people carried this name — #2,908 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,900 people counted. That is up 20% from 10,282 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Borges surname

Borrowed from Portuguese and Catalan Borges.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Borges» (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 5,168 people named Borges 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,946
Misiones 1,436
City of Buenos Aires 523
Tucumán 233
Santiago del Estero 181
Corrientes 169
Córdoba 126
Salta 121

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,475 people named Borges live in Switzerland.

They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 372
Geneva 266
Valais 181
Fribourg 136
Zurich 86
Bern 62
Neuchâtel 56
Lucerne 54

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 429 people named Borges.

145 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 145
Côtes-d’Armor 41
Jura 34
Saône-et-Loire 31
Ain 29
Paris 25
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 17
Yvelines 13
Val-de-Marne 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

26 people named Borges is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 26

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).

In print

Borges in American newspapers,
1897–1962.

Newspaper page from New York Journal And Advertiser carrying the name Borges
New York Journal And Advertiser 1897-09-05
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Borges
The Montgomery Advertiser 1905-11-12
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Borges
The San Francisco Call 1912-10-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,707 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Borges,
with a public archive behind them.

  • José Ferreira Borges
    José Ferreira Borges 1786–1838 · judge
  • Francisco de Assis e Oliveira Borges
    Francisco de Assis e Oliveira Borges 1806–1879 · politician
  • José Borjes
    José Borjes 1812–1861 · military personnel
  • Abílio César Borges
    Abílio César Borges 1824–1891 · physician
  • Francisco Isidro Borges Lafinur
    Francisco Isidro Borges Lafinur 1832–1874 · military personnel

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 223 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Borges.

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