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    The surname Boland

    A German patronymic surname, carried by 11,631 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B453

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boland is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    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.

    Boland is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,631 people named Boland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,545 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,361.

    #3,092
    rank among US surnames
    11,631
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,908)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,083Cason11,65726,486
    #3,084Faulk11,65626,488
    #3,086Bigelow11,65026,502
    #3,087Helm11,64926,504
    #3,088Bull11,64626,511
    #3,089Dockery11,64426,515
    #3,091Matias11,63526,536

    Who is named Boland

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    92% of people named Boland identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bolands

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mary Boland
      American actress (1882–1965)
    • Eddie Boland
      American actor, 1883–1935
    • Edward Patrick Boland
      American politician from Massachusetts (1911-2001)
    • Francy Boland
      Belgian musician (1929–2005)
    • Ernest Bertrand Boland
      American priest (1925–2023)

    Notable Bolands come mostly from the United States (4) and Belgium (1).

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    Surnames that sound like Boland

    Boland has the Soundex code B453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B453.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boland come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Boland?
    11,631 people in the United States had the surname Boland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,545 Americans. It ranked 3,092nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boland?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Boland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Boland?
    Mary Boland, American actress (1882–1965), followed by Eddie Boland.
    Where is the surname Boland most common?
    Wikidata records people named Boland in the United States and Belgium.
    What type of surname is Boland?
    Boland is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Boland getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,631 in 2010, up 2.4%.