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

The Volland surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 416 people carried this name — #50,275 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 16% from 493 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 418 people named Volland.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Ain.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Ain 82
Loire-Atlantique 63
Yvelines 44
Rhône 36
Paris 34
Haute-Savoie 30
Isère 29
Morbihan 18

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

24 people named Volland live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 11
Geneva 5
St. Gallen 5
Neuchâtel 3

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 Volland,
with a public archive behind them.

  • François Volland
    François Volland 1838–1900 · lawyer
  • Ambrosius Volland 1472–1551 · jurist
  • Philipp Volland 1474–1537 · merchant
  • Kaspar Volland 1500–1554 · jurist
  • Johann Christoph Volland 1635–1667 · pharmacist
  • Adolf Volland 1884–1919 · physician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Volland is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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