Boring is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Boring
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Boring

How popular is Boring?

Boring is common in United States.

Boring is ranked 71145 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Boring bearers increased by 3.494236 per cent in 2010 US census to 5746 since 2000, the surname slipped by 260 spots and ranked at 5986. The last name was found in around 20 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.15 96.22
Hispanic or Latino 2.68 1.17
Others 1.46 1.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.66 0.45
Black 0.54 0.38
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5 0.68
Boring is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 6306 people have been found who wears Boring as their family name. Boring is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
179,761 Australia6
41,879 Turkey2
20,595 China2
54,641 Sweden2
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
34,581 Chile1
10,190 Bahrain1
120,357 Argentina1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
492,292 Ukraine1
289,511 England1
36,678 Singapore1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
25,721 Egypt1
118,015 Netherlands1
40,340 Malaysia1
17,575 Kuwait1
29,046 Japan1
31,207 Ireland1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
242,284 Indonesia26
116,847 Canada21
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
Countries with hundreds of Boring:
151,143 India112
Countries with thousands of Boring:
6,427 United States6,018
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Boring was 26 years old when he migrated to Pennsylvania during Irish famine on June 15, 1846 with Spinster Winfred Boring. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Roscius from Liverpool.

Boring Namesakes

  • William A. Boring, Architect
  • John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon, Member of Parliament
  • Johnathan Boring, Football offensive lineman
  • You Are Not All Boring, Musical Artist
  • William A. Boring, Architect
  • Mel Boring, Author

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