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Bors Family History

Bors Surname Meaning

German (also Börs) and Dutch: from a short form of the medieval personal name Liborius (see Liborio) the name of the patron saint of the city of Paderborn in Germany.

Dutch: patronymic genitivized with -s from the personal name Bor(re) from an ancient Germanic name based on the element bern ‘bear’.

Dutch: from Middle Dutch bors ‘bear’ a topographic or habitational name referring to a house named In de Bors (‘In the Bear’).

Hungarian: from the old personal name Bors.

Hungarian: from bors ‘pepper hot spice’ hence probably a metonymic occupational name for a spice merchant or a cook.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Bors families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Bors family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Bors families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 5 Bors families living in Lancashire. This was about 50% of all the recorded Bors's in United Kingdom. Lancashire had the highest population of Bors families in 1891.
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What did your Bors ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Bors. 100% of Bors women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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