The Born surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,771 people carried this name — #5,168 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 6,385 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Born surname
A variant of Bourne.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Born» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,352 people named Born live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 273 people named Born.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Poland’s population register
177 people named Born have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 220 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 169 people named Born live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 116 people named Born 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
94 people named Born 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
Born in American newspapers,
1871–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,028,854 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Born,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jakob Born 1638–1709 · mayor -
Friedrich Born d. 1916 · soldier
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Johann Born 1600–1660 · writer
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Martin Born 1666–1689 · theologian
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Johann Franz Born 1669–1732 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Born.
- Boris 2,780 · 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
- Borne 3,087 · U.S. census
- Borner 773 · U.S. census
- Bornes 206 · U.S. census
- Boron 924 · U.S. census
- Borowczyk 109 · U.S. census
- Borowiak 624 · U.S. census
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