Rowland Surname

4,127th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136,307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Rowland 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.

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Rowland Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61,6901:2,871370
United States47,0051:7,711916
England15,3261:3,636490
Australia4,6701:5,781845
Canada2,6851:13,7232,015
New Zealand8561:5,290857
Wales7991:3,873421
South Africa7291:74,3189,240
Ireland4001:11,7721,470
Belize2951:1,205281
Scotland2211:24,2252,668
Tanzania1791:295,76322,969
Botswana1321:16,5683,236
Thailand1021:692,533115,267
Northern Ireland991:18,6372,335
Dominican Republic921:113,4014,751
Jamaica631:45,5552,772
Spain621:754,06531,946
Sweden561:175,83512,146
Malaysia501:589,88428,692
France461:1,443,972140,296
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
Guyana381:20,0582,520
Guernsey371:1,742400
Israel361:237,71222,042
Zimbabwe351:441,09338,294
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Panama291:134,9054,585
Portugal281:372,08012,265
India271:28,409,829361,298
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Ecuador231:691,55912,337
Switzerland211:391,09129,271
Jersey201:4,960981
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Uruguay171:201,86816,060
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Chile131:1,355,11323,887
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
China111:124,301,9616,553
Gibraltar101:3,395741
Japan101:12,784,42945,945
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Austria91:946,15970,786
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Costa Rica81:597,5094,667
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Ghana81:3,377,58615,333
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Falkland Islands61:522125
Finland61:916,11741,832
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Benin41:2,583,90073,293
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Senegal41:3,644,8366,064
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Togo31:2,415,92311,978
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3881:11,4171,581
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7,2781:3,349476
Wales1,1641:1,34794
Scotland921:40,6873,079
Jersey191:2,731446
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,7221:6,503814

Rowland (21,675) may also be a first name.

Rowland 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.

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

= Roland, q.v.

This form arises directly from the 13th- cent. Anglo-French Rouland, which is a present day French surname.

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

(Welsh, 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

A location name in Derbyshire Or from the Dutch, Rowland; from the Flemish, Roulandt; from the French, Rouland; a personal name.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

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
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Rowland Demographics

Average Rowland Salary in
United States

$42,090 USD

Per year
Rank:
682,775 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.012754
Rank: 921 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
97.54%
Sample size: 25,843 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Rowland Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rowland Come From? nationality or country of origin

Rowland (Marathi: रोलॅन्ड) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Rowland click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rowland? popularity and diffusion

Rowland is the 4,127th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 53,464 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 46 percent of Rowland live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rowland is also the 35,606th most widespread first name globally, borne by 21,675 people.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 61,690 people, or 1 in 2,871. In Nigeria Rowland is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 96 percent are found, Kogi, where 1 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 1 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Rowland exists in 109 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 34 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.

Rowland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rowland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rowland surname rose 609 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 211 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it declined 31 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 103 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 240 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rowland Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (65%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Rowland surname are 17.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.26% being registered with the political party.

The amount Rowland earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.59% more than the national average, earning R 379,248 per year; in United States they earn 2.45% less than the national average, earning $42,090 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.63% more than the national average, earning $53,971 CAD per year.

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Rowland Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rowland in the Marathi language
रोलॅन्डrolenda57.14
रोवलॅण्डrovalenda14.29
रोवलंडrovalanda14.29
रोलॅडroleda14.29

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