Borah
surname · Hindi · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Borah is a surname, with more bearers in India than in any other country. It appears chiefly in Hindi and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: William E., US political leader.
- INIndia1 in 32K◐
- ILIsrael1 in 34K
- NONorway1 in 4.3K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈47K ●
- 3 ●
- Sources
- 143 ●
- 1 in 4.3K ◐
across 14 countries
recorded for this name
78K records
Official registry-verified
Norway
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled בורה in IL Israel, FR France, YE Yemen and 1 more and Bora in TR Türkiye, BD Bangladesh.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
William E., US political leader
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | 41,715 | 75K rec. | 1 in 32K | 42K | Borah | 143 |
| BR Brazil | 1,773△ | 2 rec. | 1 in 119K | 1.8K | — | 2 |
| NO Norway | 1,280△ | 3 rec. | 1 in 4.3K | 1.3K | — | 1 |
| US United States | 992 | 922 rec. | 1 in 335K | 1K | Borah | 91 |
| TR Türkiye | 266 | 345 rec. | — | — | Bora | 11 |
| IL Israel | 256 | 1.2K rec. | 1 in 34K | 256 | בורה | 14 |
| FR France | 234△ | 11 rec. | 1 in 290K | 234 | בורה | 1 |
| ES Spain | 173△ | 5 rec. | 1 in 289K | 173 | — | 2 |
| AR Argentina | 140△ | 4 rec. | 1 in 325K | 140 | — | 2 |
| PL Poland | 115△ | 6 rec. | 1 in 333K | 115 | — | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | 74 | 41 rec. | — | listed | Borah | 19 |
| CH Switzerland | 69△ | 2 rec. | 1 in 122K | 69 | — | 2 |
Roughly 42K people in India bear this name (about 1 in 32K). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Hindi60K61%
- English13K13%
- Bangla6.1K6%
- 4.4K4%
- Indonesian2.5K3%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | 60,362 | 61% |
| English | 13,198 | 13% |
| Bangla | 6,068 | 6% |
| 4,402 | 4% | |
| Indonesian | 2,518 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Mary Borahb. 1870US(1870-1976)
- Wayne G. Borahb. 1891USUnited States federal judge (1891–1966)
- Charley Borahb. 1905USAmerican athlete (1906–1980)
- Dibyajyoti Borahb. 1988INbadminton player
- Abigail Borahb. 1990USAmerican activist
- Dipankar Borahb. 1994INIndian botanist (1994 - )
- Manju BorahINAssamese film director
- Dipu Borahresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 14 sources across 7 countries.
Reference works 1
- Wikipedia surname tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 22 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Borah?
- We estimate roughly 47 thousand people bear Borah (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.
- In which country does Borah have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 42 thousand people bear Borah in India, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled borah.
- Where is Borah most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Borah is densest in Norway — about 1 in 4.3 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
- What does the name Borah mean?
- Recorded meaning: William E., US political leader
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Borah”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.