Last Name ROWLANDS

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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.

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