Roland Surname

6,691^st

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 84,464 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

United States

Highest density in:

Nauru

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.

Roland 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

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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}

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.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

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.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(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.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Roland (fame, land).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

1. A common personal name, particularly in Wales. Hence Rowlands, and Rowlandson. 2. A township of Bakewell, co. Derby.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Saxon.) Counsel for the land.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Odo, Nicholas, Gaufrid Rollant or Rolland, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Robert, William Rouland, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

— The Norman People (1874)

Nathaniel Rowland was an Exeter merchant in the reign of George I. (P.). The name is still in the city.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

My ancestor was Gasper Roland who came to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1741.

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DNA test information

Roland Demographics

Average Male Roland Height

177.01^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 446 (2014)

Average Female Roland Height

164.27^cm

Average female height (US):

161.5 cm

Sample size: 81 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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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/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Roland? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Roland is the 6,691^st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 86,280 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 42 percent of Roland are found; 39 percent are found in West Africa and 25 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 842^nd most common forename world-wide, borne by 1,039,082 people.

Roland is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 24,605 people, or 1 in 14,731. In The United States Roland is most common in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Georgia, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 152 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 25 percent are found and France, where 11 percent are found.

Roland Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Roland has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 560 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 130 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 71 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 23 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Roland Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Roland last name is primarily Catholic (76%) in Ireland, Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Latin Catholic (53%) in Lebanon and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Roland last name are 14.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.06% being registered with 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

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Rolland	92	60,237	/
Rohland	92	2,813	/
Rouland	92	2,601	/
Roeland	92	2,134	/
Rosland	92	1,130	/
Rolands	92	226	/
Roiland	92	211	/
Royland	92	170	/
Rolandt	92	26	/
Rholand	92	9	/
Rotland	92	4	/
Rolaind	92	3	/
Rolannd	92	2	/
Rolyand	92	1	/
Rolandp	92	1	/
Rooland	92	1	/
Hroland	92	0	/
Rolan	91	2,973	/
Roelandt	86	3,939	/
Roulland	86	1,464	/
Rohlandt	86	409	/
Roisland	86	110	/
Rottland	86	100	/
Rothland	86	59	/
Roosland	86	44	/
Rollands	86	41	/
Rollandt	86	22	/
Roilland	86	18	/
Roysland	86	14	/
Rotlland	86	12	/
Roylands	86	11	/
Rootland	86	6	/
Roolandt	86	4	/
Roulands	86	3	/
Rolleand	86	2	/
Rousland	86	2	/
Rholland	86	1	/
Rolandts	86	1	/
Rollland	86	1	/
Roelland	86	1	/
Roëlands	86	1	/
Roëlandt	86	1	/
Rouliand	86	1	/
Rholhand	86	1	/
Roolands	86	0	/
Roslan	83	10,172	/
Ruland	83	5,304	/
Rollan	83	5,153	/
Rolain	83	651	/
Rolian	83	185	/
Roylan	83	175	/
Rolant	83	151	/
Rolyan	83	136	/
Rüland	83	117	/
Rohlan	83	111	/
Reland	83	95	/
Roilan	83	64	/
Roulan	83	53	/
Rolang	83	49	/
Raland	83	25	/
Rolond	83	9	/
Rolane	83	5	/
Rolgan	83	4	/
Ruolan	83	4	/
Rolhan	83	1	/
Rolamd	83	1	/
Réland	83	1	/
Rotlan	83	1	/
Rolean	83	0	/
Roolan	83	0	/
Rolandová	80	26	/
Rolandova	80	2	/
Roehlandt	80	1	/
Ruhland	77	9,638	/
Rutland	77	7,984	/
Reuland	77	1,091	/
Roelant	77	621	/
Rusland	77	420	/
Rotllan	77	294	/
Rauland	77	232	/
Roulant	77	203	/
Rollant	77	160	/
Rollain	77	156	/
Rulland	77	136	/
Rhuland	77	133	/
Rühland	77	120	/
Rooslan	77	88	/
Rollian	77	80	/
Roylyan	77	78	/
Reeland	77	78	/
Raaland	77	75	/
Roulain	77	68	/
Rolante	77	65	/
Rollond	77	60	/
Rulands	77	59	/
Roolant	77	52	/
Rohlian	77	39	/
Roilaan	77	24	/
Ralands	77	18	/
Rouslan	77	16	/
Roglian	77	13	/
Roilean	77	12	/
Roslane	77	11	/
Ralland	77	10	/
Roslang	77	9	/
Roolaan	77	9	/
Rosllan	77	9	/
Roslian	77	7	/
Roylanh	77	6	/
Roilyan	77	5	/
Röhland	77	5	/
Ratland	77	3	/
Rollyan	77	3	/
Roulean	77	3	/
Roullan	77	3	/
Rollean	77	3	/
Rotlain	77	3	/
Rahland	77	2	/
Rolaine	77	2	/
Rollang	77	2	/
Roulian	77	2	/
Roslank	77	2	/
Rolants	77	2	/
Rulhand	77	2	/
Rasland	77	1	/
Raeland	77	1	/
Rhaland	77	1	/
Rheland	77	1	/
Rolayne	77	1	/
Rollann	77	1	/
Rohlond	77	1	/
Ruiland	77	1	/
Roslain	77	1	/
Roslant	77	1	/
Roslean	77	1	/
Roilane	77	1	/
Rolatin	77	1	/
Roulang	77	1	/
Rulandt	77	1	/
Rholane	77	1	/
Roslanh	77	1	/
Rolanth	77	1	/
Rolyant	77	0	/
Roslayn	77	0	/
Roulond	77	0	/
Ruyland	77	0	/
Rolon	73	74,577	/
Rolón	73	304	/
Ralan	73	66	/
Rolán	73	54	/
Rolam	73	21	/
Rolòn	73	9	/
Rolàn	73	2	/
Rotllant	71	194	/
Roulaine	71	122	/
Ruhlandt	71	106	/
Rautland	71	57	/
Rotliang	71	55	/
Rohtlaan	71	49	/
Ruthland	71	49	/
Rühlandt	71	25	/
Reutland	71	19	/
Rolanova	71	15	/
Reuhland	71	10	/
Rollaine	71	5	/
Rollaing	71	2	/
Rotillan	71	2	/
Rutlands	71	1	/
Ruttland	71	1	/
Rouslane	71	1	/
Ruilland	71	1	/
Rosillan	71	1	/
Rollante	71	1	/
Roullant	71	1	/
Rahaland	71	1	/
Rolliann	71	1	/
Rottlant	71	1	/
Roulante	71	1	/
Rotllang	71	1	/
Rutlland	71	1	/
Rollasen	71	0	/
Rauhland	71	0	/
Roullian	71	0	/
Rausland	71	0	/
Rollahan	71	0	/
Raslan	67	56,070	/
Rollon	67	7,282	/
Rolong	67	2,493	/
Ralhan	67	1,961	/
Rholam	67	964	/
Ralane	67	939	/
Roulon	67	806	/
Rahlan	67	318	/
Rallan	67	214	/
Roslam	67	94	/
Roslon	67	76	/
Rollán	67	50	/
Rolion	67	48	/
Ralyan	67	44	/
Ralian	67	37	/
Ralang	67	36	/
Rotlam	67	32	/
Rollam	67	31	/
Raulan	67	26	/
Rolianova	67	21	/
Rolyanova	67	18	/
Rollón	67	16	/
Rolantová	67	8	/
Rollainth	67	8	/
Rollòn	67	6	/
Ratlan	67	3	/
Rolone	67	3	/
Roolon	67	3	/
Roleyn	67	2	/
Rulant	67	2	/
Roulam	67	2	/
Reulan	67	2	/
Roliam	67	2	/
Roloon	67	2	/
Roylon	67	2	/
Rulandová	67	1	/
Rulond	67	1	/
Roloin	67	1	/
Rolomd	67	1	/
Roloun	67	1	/
Rólant	67	1	/
Ralain	67	1	/
Relond	67	1	/
Raalan	67	1	/
Roilon	67	1	/
Rolaum	67	1	/
Rollàn	67	1	/
Rollãn	67	1	/
Rotlon	67	1	/
Ralant	67	1	/
Rolein	67	1	/
Ralond	67	0	/
Rrolon	67	0	/
Rhalan	67	0	/
Rosellean	67	0	/

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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
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Roland in the Russian language
Роланд	roland	-
Roland in the Arabic language
رولاند	rwland	-
رولند	rwlnd	-

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