# Boland (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/boland/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,631 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,092 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,545 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (11,361 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beolláin (“descendant of Beollán”), a personal name of uncertain origin. * A variant of Bowland, an English habitational surname. * Borrowed from German Boland, a surname of uncertain origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boland in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Boland in the United States and Belgium.

## People named Boland

- Mary Boland, American actress (1882–1965)
- Eddie Boland, American actor
- Edward Patrick Boland, American politician from Massachusetts (1911-2001)
- Francy Boland, Belgian musician (1929–2005)
- Ernest Bertrand Boland, American priest (1925–2023)

## Similar surnames

Bland, Beland, Boyland, Bowland, Blind, Blando, Byland, Blanding, Blandon, Bolander, Blanton, Blount.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.