Roland is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Roland
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning: Personal name popularized by the hero of the epic, very famous in the Pyrenees (it gave its name to many place names). It is of Germanic origin: Hrodland (HROD = glory = land + countries).

How popular is Roland?

Roland is common in France.

Roland is ranked 6092 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Roland bearers increased by 3.035962 per cent in 2010 US census to 19311 since 2000, the surname slipped by 108 spots and ranked at 1860. The last name was found in around 66 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 70.95 73.11
Black 22.1 21.57
Hispanic or Latino 3.3 2.32
Others 2.25 1.87
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.78 0.7
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.42
Roland is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 89431 people have been found who wears Roland as their family name. Roland is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,712 Iceland10
48 Chad9
9,568 Thailand8
739 Madagascar7
23,950 Georgia6
9,053 Senegal5
25,156 Azerbaijan5
9,759 Japan5
1,334 Marshall Islands5
812 Monaco5
11,802 Egypt4
9,077 Lithuania3
14,126 Colombia3
856 Congo3
931 Gabon3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
662 New Caledonia3
22,232 Morocco3
3,340 Jamaica3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
568 The Gambia2
21,929 Algeria2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
12,161 Wales2
1,347 Liberia2
3,014 Taiwan2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
17,692 Armenia2
7,299 Estonia2
3,791 Namibia2
6,353 Panama2
2,040 Mali1
480 Micronesia1
7,314 Bolivia1
90,903 Moldova1
1,572 Macau1
10,958 Bangladesh1
537 Liechtenstein1
7,847 Albania1
16,073 Latvia1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
28,365 Kenya1
2,057 Isle of Man1
1,253 Burundi1
1,970 Grenada1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,613 The Bahamas1
12,741 Ecuador1
7,895 South Korea1
11,510 Oman1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
2,024 Mongolia1
24,176 Qatar1
2,232 French Polynesia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
14,644 Tunisia1
746 Dominica1
2,057 Myanmar1
34,581 Chile1
17,768 Pakistan1
7,292 Vietnam1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
25,746 Finland1
10,683 Cyprus1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
7,175 Singapore41
11,040 Scotland39
587 Guam32
11,444 Portugal28
9,109 Burkina Faso25
52,950 Czech Republic19
606 Guernsey18
1,163 Jersey17
3,664 Costa Rica16
3,114 China14
3,733 Nicaragua13
23,990 Serbia11
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
26,993 Spain98
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
8,515 New Zealand83
2,109 Trinidad and Tobago78
3,598 Mauritius73
5,450 Ireland60
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Roland:
504 Norway964
5,687 Canada766
1,353 Switzerland720
2,246 Benin703
826 Denmark634
3,857 Malaysia607
1,602 Austria602
10,869 South Africa584
23,224 Philippines580
11,383 Argentina478
5,478 Romania418
7,087 Australia407
1,370 Uruguay330
3,243 Sweden305
11,454 Netherlands248
40,641 Indonesia239
20,344 Tanzania207
28,734 Poland191
42,475 Italy190
5,435 Slovakia187
72,395 Russia178
31,070 Turkey140
41,947 Ukraine123
143,908 India121
6,954 Croatia117
1,121 Guyana115
12,632 Peru114
440 Luxembourg106
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Roland:
390 Ivory Coast6,283
530 Cameroon5,650
1,952 Germany4,169
4,759 Brazil2,941
342 Belgium2,910
3,162 Uganda1,680
1,954 Ghana1,677
945 Haiti1,668
864 Togo1,371
1,032 Hungary1,276
6,536 England1,070
Countries with ten thousands of Roland:
1,852 United States21,497
1,604 Nigeria15,589
499 France10,054
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old workman Mich. Roland who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 18, 1846 by Cornet put out from Liverpool. Nichs. Roland, aged 19, Catherine Roland (28) Workwoman, 6 years old Pat Roland, Mich. Roland (3), 26 years old Mary Roland, Catherine Roland, aged 7, Born at sea Michael Roland, Robert Roland (23) Workman, and 22 other Roland around 88.89% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Comments

B
Bronwyn Vincent
roland is from the personal name of Germanic origin hrodland, consists of hrod meaning and glory land means land that name was popularized by the famous epic Song of Roland, composed at the end of the XIth century, which is a little-known historical figure, a legendary hero of the middle Ages.

Roland Namesakes

    Ruth Roland, American film and theater producer and actress
  • Rhea Roland, from 0 horror flick Serpents Gate, who characterized Woman On the Train.

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