Last Name BORLAND

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Meaning	Local: The high land; the swelling or rising land; from 'bar,' 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 Fifeshiro, Scotland, whence the family may have originated.

Origin	Cornish British, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, South african

Rank	8,223 (2000 US census)	11,594 (1990 US census)

Count	3,707 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.18%, or 3454 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.02%, or 75 total occurrences, as black,
0.97%, or 36 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.38%, or 14 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.62%, or 60 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.83%, or 68 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Shortest last names

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