The Rolando surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 913 people carried this name — #26,671 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 880 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,865 people named Rolando live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 455 people named Rolando.
71 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Rolando live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Rolando,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Rolando 1773–1831 · physician -
Alfred Rolando 1882–1953
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Francesco Rolando 1889–1917 · military personnel
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Filippo Rolando 1900–1969 · composer
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Filippo Rolando 1900–1969 · composer
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Robert Berthold Rolando 1904–1926 · aircraft pilot
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rolando.
- Roix 101 · U.S. census
- Rojas 108,421 · U.S. census
- Rojo 10,275 · U.S. census
- Rol 161 · U.S. census
- Rolain 121 · U.S. census
- Roland 19,311 · U.S. census
- Roldan 13,498 · U.S. census
- Role 176 · U.S. census
- Rolin 889 · U.S. census
- Roll 5,011 · U.S. census
- Rolla 579 · U.S. census
- Rollan 216 · U.S. census
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