The Borgia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,032 people carried this name — #24,305 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,000 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Borgia surname
A surname. Famously borne by the House of Borgia, a prominent family during the Renaissance.
Borrowed from Italian Borgia, from Spanish Borja.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Borgia» (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 310 people named Borgia 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 104 people named Borgia.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
52 people named Borgia live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Borgia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexander VI 1431–1503 · Catholic priest -
Francisco de Borja 1441–1511 · diplomat -
Cesare Borgia 1475–1507 · condottiero -
Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia 1476–1497 · condottiero -
Giambatista Borgia d. 1560 · Catholic priest
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Juan Borgia d. 1500 · subdeacon
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Borgia.
- Borgella 328 · U.S. census
- Borger 2,466 · U.S. census
- Borges 12,337 · U.S. census
- Borghese 345 · U.S. census
- Borghesi 176 · U.S. census
- Borghi 459 · U.S. census
- Borgna 122 · U.S. census
- Borgo 291 · U.S. census
- Bori 144 · U.S. census
- Borie 262 · U.S. census
- Borin 373 · U.S. census
- Borio 174 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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