Roland Surname
Approximately 84,464 people bear this surname
Roland Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Roland.' Roland or Orlando was the nephew of the great Charles, who fell at Roncesvalles. 'Before the Duke the minstrel sprung, And loud of Charles and Roland sung.': Walter Scott.
Read More About This SurnameRoland Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24,605 | 1:14,731 | 1,848 |
| Chad | 20,990 | 1:648 | 87 |
| France | 9,677 | 1:6,864 | 583 |
| Nigeria | 8,795 | 1:20,141 | 1,837 |
| Belgium | 4,010 | 1:2,867 | 270 |
| Germany | 2,593 | 1:31,047 | 4,091 |
| Ghana | 1,870 | 1:14,450 | 1,872 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Haiti | 769 | 1:13,893 | 1,325 |
| Norway | 762 | 1:6,748 | 682 |
| Canada | 715 | 1:51,532 | 6,210 |
| Cameroon | 636 | 1:32,656 | 4,391 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| England | 566 | 1:98,442 | 10,421 |
| Liberia | 457 | 1:9,647 | 1,077 |
| Malaysia | 437 | 1:67,493 | 4,960 |
| Argentina | 415 | 1:102,996 | 8,711 |
| Australia | 409 | 1:66,004 | 7,876 |
| Brazil | 405 | 1:528,579 | 19,815 |
| Papua New Guinea | 382 | 1:21,345 | 2,273 |
| Uruguay | 335 | 1:10,244 | 1,151 |
| Denmark | 325 | 1:17,368 | 1,703 |
| Indonesia | 224 | 1:590,398 | 47,039 |
| South Africa | 214 | 1:253,167 | 25,671 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Switzerland | 172 | 1:47,750 | 6,433 |
| Philippines | 170 | 1:595,519 | 64,950 |
| Netherlands | 152 | 1:111,100 | 17,774 |
| Guyana | 146 | 1:5,221 | 914 |
| Austria | 144 | 1:59,135 | 9,241 |
| Ivory Coast | 132 | 1:174,782 | 7,817 |
| India | 105 | 1:7,305,385 | 159,213 |
| New Zealand | 100 | 1:45,283 | 7,455 |
| Russia | 90 | 1:1,601,367 | 107,342 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 79 | 1:17,266 | 2,111 |
| Sweden | 73 | 1:134,887 | 9,541 |
| Italy | 71 | 1:861,362 | 65,615 |
| Spain | 68 | 1:687,530 | 30,300 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Honduras | 59 | 1:149,431 | 1,974 |
| Nauru | 59 | 1:201 | 52 |
| Jamaica | 56 | 1:51,249 | 2,953 |
| Madagascar | 49 | 1:482,650 | 1,766 |
| Ireland | 46 | 1:102,368 | 5,449 |
| Lebanon | 39 | 1:144,541 | 7,224 |
| Hungary | 37 | 1:265,305 | 20,779 |
| Thailand | 36 | 1:1,962,176 | 235,280 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Northern Ireland | 35 | 1:52,715 | 4,341 |
| Greece | 35 | 1:316,565 | 45,415 |
| Tanzania | 35 | 1:1,512,618 | 47,057 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Croatia | 30 | 1:140,953 | 19,667 |
| Romania | 30 | 1:669,262 | 46,959 |
| Saint Lucia | 30 | 1:5,959 | 771 |
| Guernsey | 29 | 1:2,222 | 539 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Poland | 26 | 1:1,461,875 | 85,446 |
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 |
| Iran | 21 | 1:3,656,311 | 102,225 |
| Solomon Islands | 19 | 1:30,528 | 6,049 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| Ecuador | 13 | 1:1,223,527 | 16,126 |
| Belize | 12 | 1:29,623 | 2,063 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Nicaragua | 12 | 1:501,758 | 3,714 |
| Costa Rica | 11 | 1:434,552 | 3,937 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11 | 1:5,018 | 541 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 10 | 1:11,038 | 1,555 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1:116,108 | 6,306 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Marshall Islands | 4 | 1:12,955 | 1,460 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 92 | 1:48,151 | 4,112 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 434 | 1:56,164 | 6,666 |
| Scotland | 34 | 1:110,095 | 5,249 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:120,647 | 5,000 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:6,485 | 1,119 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,396 | 1:11,424 | 1,489 |
Roland (1,039,082) may also be a first name.
Roland Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Roland.' Roland or Orlando was the nephew of the great Charles, who fell at Roncesvalles. 'Before the Duke the minstrel sprung, And loud of Charles and Roland sung.': Walter Scott.
Rouland de Flamville, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Robert Rouland, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Roulond, Worcestershire, ibid.
Roulandus Bloet. Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi.
Roulandus fil. Roulandi. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.
1683. Baptised — Saray, d. William Rowland: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1790. Married — Thomas Rowlandson and Anne Waters: St. George, Hanover Square.
1803. — Samuel Richardson and Elizabeth Rowlands: ibid.
This name is not recorded in Old English but appears in ME. from French Rolland, Roland, Hrodland or Hruotland, a very common Germanic personal name. About 1180 Alan, son of Roland, appears as witness in a charter of William the Lion to the Abbey o Arnbroath (RAA., I, p. 14), and between 1189—99 Rolland, son of Ucdred, witnessed another charter by the same king (RMP., p. 101). Gilbert fitz Roland and Johan fiz Roland of Ayrshire, and Gilascope fiz Rouland of Perthshire rendered homage in 1296 ( Bain, II, p. 205,209). Thomas Rollan was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1440, Alexander Rolande in 1471, and John Rolland in 1514 (NSCM., I, p. 6, 22 45). John Rolland was burgess of Arne, 1475 (Ayr, p. 91), and another Jhone Rolland rented land in Gwuane (Govan) in 1520 (Rental). William Rolland, burg ess of Aberdeen in 1509 appears in the same year as William Rowand (RAA., II, p. 383), and in 1513 as William Rowan (CRA., p. 83). Rollands of Auchmithie, Angus, were an old family, a still older family were the Rollands of Disblair in Aberdeenshire, and a family of Rolland (Rouland in 1545) held land of the commendator of Dunfermline soon after the Reformation (Stodart, II, p. 309). Rowand was the common pronunciation of the name and it has given origin to the surnames Rowan and Rowand, which see. Rollande 1555, Rollane 1522.
(French-Teut.) Famous Land [French Roland, Old French Rollant, Old Teutonic Ruotlant, Hruodlant, Hróðland, etc. (mod. Ger. Ru(d)- land): v. under Roderick and Rodger, and + Old Teutonic land (O.H.Ger. lant), land, country] In the ‘Chanson de Roland’ we find the forms Rollant (also occurring in the ‘Roman de Rou’) and Rollanz-e.g. ‘Amis Rollanz' (2887) and ‘Ami Rollant’ (2909), the former instance showing in both words the formative (nominative) suff. -s (-z for -ts). The form in the Pfaffen Konrad’s 12th-cent. German adaptation is usually Ruolant-e.g. ‘Ruolant unde [and] Turpin’ (6717).
Cp. Rowland.
(English) Descendant of Roland (fame, land).
1. A common personal name, particularly in Wales. Hence Rowlands, and Rowlandson. 2. A township of Bakewell, co. Derby.
(Saxon.) Counsel for the land.
Odo, Nicholas, Gaufrid Rollant or Rolland, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Robert, William Rouland, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Nathaniel Rowland was an Exeter merchant in the reign of George I. (P.). The name is still in the city.
User-submitted Reference
My ancestor was Gasper Roland who came to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1741.
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Average Roland Salary in
United States
$41,443 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Roland Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roland Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Roland (Arabic: رولاند, Georgian: როლანდ, Hindi: रोलान्ड, Marathi: रोलंड, Russian: Роланд) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Roland.
How Common Is The Last Name Roland? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,691st most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 86,280 people. Roland occurs predominantly in Africa, where 42 percent of Roland live; 39 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 842nd most common first name at a global level, held by 1,039,082 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 24,605 people, or 1 in 14,731. In The United States Roland is primarily found in: Texas, where 10 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Georgia, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 152 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 25 percent live and France, where 11 percent live.
Roland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Roland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Roland last name rose 560 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 130 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 71 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 23 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Roland Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (76%) in Ireland, Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Latin Catholic (53%) in Lebanon and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Roland are 14.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.06% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Roland earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 4.6% more than the national average, earning 362,007 kr per year; in Peru they earn 54.48% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,824 per year; in South Africa they earn 8.96% less than the national average, earning R 216,336 per year; in Colombia they earn 21.82% less than the national average, earning $17,749,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.95% less than the national average, earning $41,443 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.35% more than the national average, earning $54,326 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Roland Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Roland in the Georgian language | ||
| როლანდ | roland | - |
| Roland in the Hindi language | ||
| रोलान्ड | rolanda | - |
| Roland in the Marathi language | ||
| रोलंड | rolanda | 33 |
| रोलन्ड | rolanda | 11.82 |
| रोलँड | rolamda | 7.39 |
| रोलन | rolana | 7.39 |
| रोलॅन्ड | rolenda | 3.94 |
| रोलांड | rolanda | 2.46 |
| रोलड | rolada | 2.46 |
| रोलेन्ड | rolenda | 2.46 |
| रोलॅड | roleda | 2.46 |
| रोलेन | rolena | 2.46 |
| रॉलेन | rolena | 1.97 |
| रोलान्ड | rolanda | 1.97 |
| रॉलेन्ड | rolenda | 1.97 |
| रोलंद | rolanda | 0.99 |
| रॉलांड | rolanda | 0.99 |
| रॉलन्ड | rolanda | 0.99 |
| रोलँन्ड | rolamnda | 0.99 |
| रोलीड | rolida | 0.49 |
| रॉरन | rorana | 0.49 |
| रोलौड | rolauda | 0.49 |
| रॉलनाड | rolanada | 0.49 |
| रातेण्ड | ratenda | 0.49 |
| रॉलॅन्ड | rolenda | 0.49 |
| रोलन्द | rolanda | 0.49 |
| रोलॅन् | rolen | 0.49 |
| रॉलन | rolana | 0.49 |
| रोलट | rolata | 0.49 |
| रोलानड | rolanada | 0.49 |
| रोलेनड | rolenada | 0.49 |
| रोनड | ronada | 0.49 |
| रोलंॅड | rolameda | 0.49 |
| रोलान | rolana | 0.49 |
| रॉलर्ड | rolarda | 0.49 |
| रोलन् | rolan | 0.49 |
| रोलीन | rolina | 0.49 |
| रॉलंड | rolanda | 0.49 |
| रोिलन | roilana | 0.49 |
| रोलंन्ड | rolannda | 0.49 |
| रोलाडं | roladam | 0.49 |
| रोलेण्ड | rolenda | 0.49 |
| Roland in the Russian language | ||
| Роланд | roland | - |
| Roland in the Arabic language | ||
| رولاند | rwland | - |
| رولند | rwlnd | - |
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