Borland is used as a family name or surname in Cornish British. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Borland
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Cornish British
Meaning: The high land or the swelling or rising land. Consisting of bor signifying swelling, rising and land. While in Saxon, it signifies the land belonging to the common people. Bardlands were lands which the lords kept in their hands for the maintenance of their board or table.

How popular is Borland?

Borland is common in South Africa.

Borland is ranked 43154 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Borland bearers increased by 8.28163 per cent in 2010 US census to 4014 since 2000, the surname slipped by 30 spots and ranked at 8253. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.03 93.18
Black 2.84 2.02
Hispanic or Latino 2.72 1.83
Others 2.29 1.62
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.07 0.97
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.05 0.38
Borland is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Belize is ahead in terms of density. Around 11232 people have been found who wears Borland as their family name. Borland is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
527,030 Indonesia7
13,220 Thailand6
32,086 Mexico3
13,552 Qatar2
50,640 Switzerland2
54,641 Sweden2
5,671 Guatemala2
139,444 Brazil2
174,544 Czech Republic1
11,486 Estonia1
53,033 Nigeria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
15,162 Costa Rica1
7,198 Maldives1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
118,015 Netherlands1
7,895 South Korea1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
49,101 Denmark1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
17,236 Ghana1
42,479 Greece1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,374 Bermuda1
49,529 Israel1
29,046 Japan1
3,307 Malta1
91,024 Belgium1
17,768 Pakistan1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
2,057 Isle of Man1
24,771 Colombia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
44,472 Spain46
105,948 Ukraine38
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
15,050 Singapore18
62,309 Zimbabwe13
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,961 Ireland93
104,308 France86
4,622 Wales79
Countries with hundreds of Borland:
879 Scotland932
6,228 Canada689
6,160 Australia472
223 Belize299
3,201 New Zealand239
43,536 Germany235
1,763 Northern Ireland143
86,770 Russia141
13,194 Malaysia126
Countries with thousands of Borland:
7,870 United States4,777
4,601 England1,608
5,921 South Africa1,096
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Archy Borland was 24 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 1, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Lady Huntley from Liverpool. Farmer Archie Borland, Workman John Borland, Mary Borland (34) , Agnes Borland (12), James Borland, aged 10, 8 years old George Borland, 6 years old Euphemia Borland, Archibald Borland (1 year old), and 12 other Borland around 75% of whom were workman migrated to US from Liverpool, Londonderry and Glasgow.

Borland Namesakes

  • Adrian Borland, Singer
  • Wes Borland, Musician
  • Barlowe Borland, Actor
  • John Borland, Soccer player
  • Chris Borland, Football linebacker
  • Carroll Borland, Professor
  • Christine Borland, Artist
  • Wes Borland, Musician
  • William Borland, Soccer player
  • Chris Borland, Football linebacker

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