The Rolon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,658 people carried this name — #6,063 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,100 people counted. That is up 25% from 4,534 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 33,715 people named Rolon 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 15,659
Santa Fe 4,134
Chaco 2,841
Corrientes 2,790
Formosa 2,272
City of Buenos Aires 1,757
Misiones 1,375
Entre Ríos 758

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Rolon in American newspapers,
1895–1928.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Rolon
El Tucsonense 1923-11-20
Newspaper page from Union Labor Bulletin carrying the name Rolon
Union Labor Bulletin 1928-10-12
Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-rico carrying the name Rolon
Gazeta De Puerto-rico 1895-11-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,502 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rolon in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1920s.

36 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rolon. The most, 9, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 11
Victoria 9
Queensland 6
Western Australia 5
South Australia 3
Tasmania 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rolon.

Who carried it

People named Rolon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Raimundo Rolón
    Raimundo Rolón 1903–1981 · politician
  • Camila Rolón 1842–1913 · nun
  • Maxi Rolón 1995–2022 · association football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Rolon,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States84 records

84 records of the Rolon name in the United States
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 32
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 30
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Pedro P. Rolon

    Born 1922 in Puerto Rico. Enlisted 1945 at Hayward Army Air Field, California. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1984, buried at Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Puerto Rico.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Juan A. Rolon

    Born 1932; from Puerto Rico. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Rolon

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Baltic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 22; laborer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 84 records for Rolon in the United States.

Counts: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Rolon name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Rosina Rolon

    Married 1865 in Greenfield, Queens, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Rolon name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Lucie Rolon

    Married in 1636 in Nijmegen.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Nijmegen (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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