Borrow is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Borrow
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: From A.S. burh, bureg, dative byrig, a fort, castle, city, town, court, palace which is liable to take the form of ber, berry, borough, brough, bury, bur, burg. Hence the surname Berry, Bury.

How popular is Borrow?

Borrow is ranked 335416 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Borrows plummeted by 5.957447 per cent to 221 since 2000 and slipped by 8540 spots and ranked at 84748. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.09 82.13
Black 9.95 12.34
Others 4.98 0
Hispanic or Latino 4.07 2.98
Borrow is a very rare family name, few people in United States and United States Virgin Islands have the last name. Around 850 people have been found who wears Borrow as their family name. Borrow is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
112,145 Spain7
46,707 New Zealand5
127,708 Czech Republic3
184,212 France3
5,630 Northern Ireland2
20,595 China2
30,360 Thailand1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
1,704,541 India1
77,122 Sweden1
36,678 Singapore1
47,891 Norway1
91,024 Belgium1
17,236 Ghana1
20,172 Hungary1
31,207 Ireland1
49,529 Israel1
14,373 Jordan1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
6,688 Malawi1
118,015 Netherlands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
18,457 Scotland20
Countries with hundreds of Borrow:
82,281 United States287
20,021 England263
19,596 Australia130
30,049 Canada112
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Borrow Namesakes

  • Walter Borrowes, Politician
  • Chester Borrows, New Zealand Politician
  • Chester Borrows, New Zealand Politician
  • Kacie Borrowman, Stunt Performer
  • Nik Borrow, Author

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