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bora Name Meaning and History

  1. Indian (Gujarat): Muslim name based on the name of a Muslim community in Gujarat. It is believed to be a derivative of Sanskrit vyavahara ‘trade’. However, only one subgroup of the Boras is engaged in trade.
  2. Indian (Assam): Hindu name of unknown meaning.
  3. Romanian: from a feminine form of Boro, a short form of the personal name Boris.
  4. Polish: from a pet form of the personal names Borzyslaw or Bolebor.
  5. Hungarian: variant of Bara, a short form of the personal name Barabás, Hungarian form of Barnaby.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The bora name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bora family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of bora Families in the US in 1920
Number of bora families
 25-47
 9-24		 1-8
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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