Rolland surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Rolland surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,847 people carried this name — #10,369 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 15,555 people named Rolland.

261 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 105 départements, most often Finistère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 261
Finistère 2,033
Côtes-d’Armor 1,201
Paris 1,050
Morbihan 564
Loire-Atlantique 551
Ille-et-Vilaine 528
Isère 453
Rhône 346

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 255 people named Rolland live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 128
Brussels-Capital 37
Namur 29
Liège 23
Luxembourg Province 20
Walloon Brabant 8
Flemish Brabant 5
East Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

86 people named Rolland live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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

Vaud 34
Geneva 30
Valais 11
Jura 6
Fribourg 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Rolland in American newspapers,
1901–1943.

Newspaper page from Le ProgrèS carrying the name Rolland
Le ProgrèS 1901-07-19
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Rolland
The Sun 1918-07-07
Newspaper page from Carrizozo Outlook carrying the name Rolland
Carrizozo Outlook 1920-04-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 27,919 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Rolland,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adam Rolland
    Adam Rolland 1734–1819 · judge
  • Jean-Baptiste Dominique Rolland
    Jean-Baptiste Dominique Rolland 1753–1821 · politician
  • Pierre-Nicolas Rolland
    Pierre-Nicolas Rolland 1761–1825 · military personnel
  • Eugène Rolland
    Eugène Rolland 1812–1885 · engineer
  • Jean-Baptiste Rolland
    Jean-Baptiste Rolland 1815–1888 · businessperson

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 201 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

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