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 mapWhere they were born
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 mapWhere they live today
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
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.
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.
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Adam Rolland 1734–1819 · judge -
Jean-Baptiste Dominique Rolland 1753–1821 · politician -
Pierre-Nicolas Rolland 1761–1825 · military personnel -
Eugène Rolland 1812–1885 · engineer -
Jean-Baptiste Rolland 1815–1888 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 201 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rolland.
- Roldan 10,168 · U.S. census
- Role 212 · U.S. census
- Rolin 829 · U.S. census
- Roll 5,066 · U.S. census
- Rolla 605 · U.S. census
- Rollan 213 · U.S. census
- Rolle 3,952 · U.S. census
- Roller 8,093 · U.S. census
- Rolleri 286 · U.S. census
- Rolles 149 · U.S. census
- Rollet 211 · U.S. census
- Rolley 901 · U.S. census
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