Borland Surname
Approximately 10,234 people bear this surname
Borland Surname Definition:
Of local origin from one or more of the places of the name. There are localities named Borland or Boreland in Dumfriesshire, Galloway, Fife, and Perthshire. Bordland appears to have been equivalent to 'home-farm.' James Bordland witness in Ayrshire, 1513 (Ros, 56).
Read More About This SurnameBorland Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,398 | 1:67,147 | 7,823 |
| Scotland | 1,324 | 1:4,044 | 698 |
| England | 1,096 | 1:50,838 | 6,290 |
| Canada | 752 | 1:48,997 | 5,942 |
| Australia | 411 | 1:65,683 | 7,845 |
| New Zealand | 247 | 1:18,333 | 3,213 |
| South Africa | 224 | 1:241,865 | 24,757 |
| Belize | 205 | 1:1,734 | 395 |
| Northern Ireland | 112 | 1:16,474 | 2,189 |
| Ireland | 93 | 1:50,634 | 3,649 |
| Russia | 80 | 1:1,801,538 | 116,326 |
| Jamaica | 36 | 1:79,721 | 3,712 |
| Wales | 35 | 1:88,415 | 7,250 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 127 | 1:34,881 | 3,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,124 | 1:3,330 | 553 |
| England | 172 | 1:141,717 | 12,742 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,110 | 1:45,242 | 5,233 |
Borland (39) may also be a first name.
Borland Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Of local origin from one or more of the places of the name. There are localities named Borland or Boreland in Dumfriesshire, Galloway, Fife, and Perthshire. Bordland appears to have been equivalent to 'home-farm.' James Bordland witness in Ayrshire, 1513 (Ros, 56). Allan Bordlandes was a weaver in Edinburgh in 1609 (Edinb. Marr.). In the same record the name also appears as Borland, Bordland, Borelands. Marion Bordland in Righeid, parish of Lesmahago, is recorded in 1625 (Lanark CR.), Robert Borlan in Muirton of Balhousie, 1652 (Dunblane), and James Bordland in Edelwood, parish of Hamilton, 1661 (Campsie). Thomas Borlands was writer in Edinburgh, 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. X, p. 361), and Alexander Borland was a poetical friend of Tannahill.
(English) Dweller at the Boar-land [Middle Englishbore,O.E.bár, boar + land]
(Cornish British) Local. The high land; the swelling or rising land; from bor, swelling, rising, and land. If from the Saxon, it signifies the land belonging to the common people. Bordlands were lands which the lords kept in their hands for the maintenance of their board or table. Borland is the name of a village in Fifeshire, Scotland, whence the family may have originated.
From Burland; a location name in Yorkshire.
User-submitted Reference
A Scottish surname that means 'home farm'.
- anthonyborland2499Borland Demographics
Average Borland Salary in
United States
$45,442 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Borland Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Borland Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Borland (Russian: Борланд) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Borland.
How Common Is The Last Name Borland? popularity and diffusion
It is the 50,171st most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 712,092 people. Borland occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Borland reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 39 people.
It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 5,398 people, or 1 in 67,147. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 10 percent live, Florida, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States Borland exists in 59 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 13 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.
Borland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Borland has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 486 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 118 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it grew 637 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 27 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Borland Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Borland last name is predominantly Presbyterian (39%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Borland surname are 19.53% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.3% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Borland earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 51.73% more than the national average, earning R 360,564 per year; in United States they earn 5.31% more than the national average, earning $45,442 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.84% more than the national average, earning $51,590 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Borland Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Borland in the Russian language | ||
| Борланд | borland | - |
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