The Bors surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 437 people carried this name — #48,347 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is down 22% from 558 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
998 people named Bors have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,146 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Bors.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Aveyron.
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
38 people named Bors live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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.
In the Nordic population registers
56 people named Bors 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).
Who carried it
People named Bors,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cornelis Bors van Waveren 1662–1722 · politician
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Márton Bors 1750–1809 · teacher
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Emil Bors 1846–1919 · university teacher
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Mihály Pál Bors 1846–1906 · secondary school teacher
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Frieda Bors 1870–1945
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László Bors 1895–1919 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bors.
- Borrego 6,772 · U.S. census
- Borrell 893 · U.S. census
- Borrelli 3,440 · U.S. census
- Borri 129 · U.S. census
- Borriello 382 · U.S. census
- Borron 211 · U.S. census
- Borsa 270 · U.S. census
- Bort 680 · U.S. census
- Bortoli 148 · U.S. census
- Bortolotti 199 · U.S. census
- Bortolussi 179 · U.S. census
- Bory 236 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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