as a Last Name
- 38,685
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Rowland
Meaning & Origins
English: from Rol(l)ant, a Norman personal name composed of the Germanic elements hrōd ‘renown’ + land ‘land’, ‘territory’ (or + -nand ‘bold’, assimilated to -lant ‘land’). This was popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages as a result of the fame of Charlemagne's warrior of this name, who was killed at Roncesvalles in AD 778.
| 902nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 38,685
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Rowland per capita
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