Borel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Borel family

The surname Borel was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where this renowned family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Borel family

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Borel Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Borel, Borelle, Borels, Borelles, Baurel, Baurelle, Baurels, Baurelles, Borrel, Borrell, de Borel, de Borels, de Borelle, Deborel and many more.

Early Notables of the Borel family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

Jean De Borel, Attorney General in 1560

Borel Ranking

In the United States, the name Borel is the 12,889^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Borel is ranked the 1,061^st most popular surname with an estimated 5,075 people with that name. 2

Borel migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Borel Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Frederick Borel, who arrived in New York in 1707 3
Anna Marla Borel, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1750 3

Borel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Pierre Borel, who arrived in Louisiana in 1805 3
Abraham Borel, who settled in Philadelphia in 1842
Aug Borel, who landed in Texas in 1845 3
August Borel, who settled in Texas in 1846
J. Borel, who settled in San Francisco in 1852
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Contemporary Notables of the name Borel (post 1700) +

Adrien Alphonse Alcide Borel (1886-1966), French psychiatrist
Jacques Borel, French novelist
Émile Borel (1871-1956), French mathematician, eponym of the Borel lunar crater, Borel algebra and Borel measure
Gabriel Borel, French aircraft designer, founder of Etablissements Borel, an aircraft manufacturing company
Armand Borel (1923-2003), Swiss Mathematician, eponym of the Borel subgroup, awarded the 1992 Balzan Prize for Mathematics

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)