The Boris surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,780 people carried this name — #11,348 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 106,400 people counted. That is up 7% from 2,608 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 278 people named Boris 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 147 people named Boris.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Lot-et-Garonne.
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 the Nordic population registers
57 people named Boris 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).
In print
Boris in American newspapers,
1897–1904.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 45,239 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Boris,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georges Boris 1888–1960 · politician -
Paul Boris 1907–
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Max Boris 1913–2005 · partisan
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Max Boris 1913–2005 · partisan
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Francina Boris i Codina 1915–2013 · journalist
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Ruthanna Boris 1919–2007 · ballet dancer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boris.
- 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
- Borja 7,618 · U.S. census
- Borjon 863 · U.S. census
- Borkowski 4,212 · U.S. census
- Borla 175 · U.S. census
- Bormann 1,914 · U.S. census
- Born 6,771 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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