Last Name BOARD

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the borde, from residence therein. A familiar West-country surname. 'Borde,' a little house, lodging, or cottage of timberstanding alone in the fields. Boards is the genitive, as in Styles, Brooks, Holmes, etc.
Origin English, Irish, South african

Rank 7,959 (2000 US census) 7,227 (1990 US census)
Count 3,856 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.34%, or 2905 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 19.97%, or 770 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.36%, or 14 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.36%, or 14 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.44%, or 94 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.53%, or 59 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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