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The Bort surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 680 people carried this name — #33,530 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 673 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bort surname

Borrowed from Yiddish באָרד (bord, “beard”), nickname of a man with a remarkable beard.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bort» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 344 people named Bort.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Ariège.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Ariège 59
Corrèze 59
Hérault 31
Pyrénées-Orientales 19
Haute-Garonne 16
Gers 13
Gironde 13
Aude 12

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

In Poland’s population register

154 people named Bort have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 233 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Opole 44
Silesian 41
Łódź 15
Masovian 15
Lublin 12
Lower Silesian 10
Greater Poland 8
Podlaskie 3

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 62 people named Bort 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 33
Mendoza 17
City of Buenos Aires 12

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

Who carried it

People named Bort,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Balthasar Bort
    Balthasar Bort 1626–1684 · politician
  • Pieter Bort 1615–1674 · writer
  • Roger Bort 1946– · politician
  • Jean-Pierre Bort 1952– · politician
  • Vitaly Bort 1972– · politician
  • Béatrice Bort 1974– · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Bort.

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