Borner surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Borner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 773 people carried this name — #30,277 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 731 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

874 people named Borner live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Solothurn 190
Aargau 152
Zurich 137
Bern 81
Lucerne 52
Ticino 37
Basel-Landschaft 35
Thurgau 32

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 177 people named Borner.

25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 25
Moselle 68
Bas-Rhin 52
Rhône 6
Paris 6
Haute-Vienne 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Loire-Atlantique 4
Meuse 2

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 29 people named Borner 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 29

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

In Poland’s population register

21 people named Borner have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 69 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 2 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

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

Where they live today

Silesian 17
Masovian 4

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

32 people named Borner is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 32

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).

Who carried it

People named Borner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Caspar Borner 1492–1547 · astronomer
  • Martin Borner 1680–1731 · monk
  • Wilhelm Borner 1890–1978 · jurist
  • Karl Borner 1898–1973 · sprinter
  • Walter Borner 1901–1983 · military personnel
  • Alain Borner 1932–2019 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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