Last Name BORDEN

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Meaning	Local: Of Borden, a parish in county Kent, near Sittingbourne; or local 'of Bordean,' a tithing in the parish of East Meon, near Petersfield, county Hants.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	2,171 (2000 US census)	2,033 (1990 US census)

Count	15,342 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

81.66%, or 12528 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
13.45%, or 2063 total occurrences, as black,
0.78%, or 120 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.44%, or 68 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.53%, or 235 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.14%, or 328 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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