Explore the Family Name Bortner

The meaning of Bortner

South German (Bavaria) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a maker of braiding, from Middle High German borte, German Borte ‘braiding’. This surname is rare in Germany. Compare Bordner and Burtner.

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How common is the last name Bortner in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Bortner has seen a slight decrease over the decade from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 21,323 in terms of popularity and had a count of 1,145. However, by 2010, the rank dropped to 26,086 and the count decreased to 939, reflecting a change of -22.34% in rank and -17.99% in count. This also resulted in a decline in the proportion of people with the Bortner surname per 100,000, from 0.42 to 0.32.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,323	#26,086	-22.34%
Count	1,145	939	-17.99%
Proportion per 100k	0.42	0.32	-23.81%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bortner

When examining ethnicity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, significant changes are observed in the distribution of ethnic identities associated with the surname Bortner between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname identify as White, though there was a slight decrease from 97.90% in 2000 to 96.49% in 2010. Notably, there has been an increase in those identifying as Hispanic from 0.52% to 1.49%, representing a change of 186.54%. There was also an increase in those identifying with two or more races, from 0.79% in 2000 to 1.17% in 2010. Asian/Pacific Islander, Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native ethnicities were either not represented or the data was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.9%	96.49%	-1.44%
Hispanic	0.52%	1.49%	186.54%
Two or More Races	0.79%	1.17%	48.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0.44%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%