Last Name ROWLANDS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Roland. Roland or Orlando was the nephew of the great Charles, who fel t Roncesvalles.
Origin English, Falkland

Rank 13,229 (2000 US census) 13,934 (1990 US census)
Count 2,116 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.7%, or 2025 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.38%, or 8 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.85%, or 18 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.33%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.09%, or 23 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.65%, or 35 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Ukrainian middle names

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How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...


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