Boland is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Ireland, France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Boland
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Scotland, Ireland, France
Meaning:

Surname is the form of Bowland. A township in Lancashire.

Boland is variant form of the Borland. Bordland, or land tenanted by bordmen.

Surname Boland is the variant form of Bolin. Dweller near the Bollin River in Cheshire.

One who came from Bowland, i.e., land by the bend of the river, in Lancashire.

How popular is Boland?

Boland is common in United States, Ireland, Australia, England, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Scotland, Netherlands, France, New Zealand, Jamaica, South Africa, Vanuatu, Kuwait, Argentina, Norway, Wales, Northern Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago.

Boland is ranked 15416 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Boland bearers increased by 2.38 per cent in 2010 US census to 11631 since 2000, the surname slipped by 184 spots and ranked at 3092. The last name was found in around 4 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.7 93.36
Hispanic or Latino 3.31 2.71
Black 2.18 1.72
Others 1.51 1.22
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.86 0.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.43 0.46
Boland is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Ireland lie ahead in terms of density. Around 36170 people have been found who wears Boland as their family name. Boland is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Boland:
2,742 United States16,622
Countries with thousands of Boland:
194 Ireland4,600
1,005 Australia3,940
2,551 England3,139
2,277 Canada2,361
6,614 Germany1,589
Countries with hundreds of Boland:
2,462 Belgium715
1,566 Scotland460
6,881 Netherlands417
41,577 France246
3,400 New Zealand234
1,291 Jamaica223
24,856 South Africa223
485 Vanuatu157
3,584 Kuwait135
26,358 Argentina128
6,072 Norway121
2,682 Wales120
2,284 Northern Ireland103
1,763 Trinidad and Tobago101
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
244 Dominica61
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
35,950 Spain50
8,706 Portugal47
29,278 Pakistan43
239,646 Thailand35
7,666 Singapore30
20,323 United Arab Emirates30
770 United States Virgin Islands22
34,678 Switzerland17
24,706 Denmark16
2,112 Belize11
41,789 Mexico11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
73,605 Sweden10
1,084 Antigua and Barbuda9
728,828 India8
17,989 Taiwan8
228,986 Philippines8
2,387 Isle of Man7
486,533 Brazil6
695 Saint Kitts and Nevis6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catherine Boland worked as workwoman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Arabella and arrived on May 14, 1846. Workwoman Ellen Boland, Workman John Boland, Workman Michael Boland, Ellen Boland (30) Immigrant, 5 years old Patt Boland, Jno. Boland (2), Infant Ellen Boland, 25 years old John Boland, and 172 other Boland around 50.96% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, shoemaker, spinster, carpenter, mason migrated to US.

From Germany

10 years old Edern Boland who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on December 29, 1853 by Yorktown put out from London. Louisa Boland, aged 28, Servant Magd. Boland, Magit. Boland, 24 years old Marger. Boland, W. Boland (58), Louis Boland (22) Mason, Amelie Boland (6) Farmer and mechanic, Farmer and mechanic Francois Boland, Jola Boland (26) Farmer and mechanic, Farmer and mechanic Joseph Boland, and 27 other Boland majority of whom were farmer and others worked as spinster and engineer migrated to US from London, Bremen and Antwerp.

Boland Namesakes

  • Raymond James Boland, served as the second Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham
  • Joey Boland, Irish hurler for Dublin and Na Fianna
  • Charles W. Boland, Canadian jockey in thoroughbred horse racing
  • J. Kevin Boland, retired Irish-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Gerald Boland, Irish Fianna Fáil politician
  • Kevin Boland, Irish politician
  • Eavan Boland, Irish poet, author, and professor
  • Edward Boland, politician from the state of Massachusetts
  • Harry Boland, Irish republican politician
  • Patrick J. Boland, United States representative for Pennsylvania 11th District
  • Bernie Boland, American baseball pitcher
  • Willie Boland, Irish former professional footballer
  • Warren Boland, former science teacher and professional footballer with the Western Suburbs Magpies & Balmain Tigers
  • Adam Boland, Australian television producer and director
  • Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat
  • Mary Boland, American stage and film actress
  • Katie Boland, Canadian actress, writer, director, and producer
  • Veronica Grace Boland, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Francy Boland, classically trained Belgian jazz composer and pianist
  • Eamon Boland, English actor

Boland Namesakes

  • Raymond James Boland, served as the second Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham
  • Joey Boland, Irish hurler for Dublin and Na Fianna
  • Charles W. Boland, Canadian jockey in thoroughbred horse racing
  • J. Kevin Boland, retired Irish-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Gerald Boland, Irish Fianna Fáil politician
  • Kevin Boland, Irish politician
  • Eavan Boland, Irish poet, author, and professor
  • Edward Boland, politician from the state of Massachusetts
  • Harry Boland, Irish republican politician
  • Patrick J. Boland, United States representative for Pennsylvania 11th District
  • Bernie Boland, American baseball pitcher
  • Willie Boland, Irish former professional footballer
  • Warren Boland, former science teacher and professional footballer with the Western Suburbs Magpies & Balmain Tigers
  • Adam Boland, Australian television producer and director
  • Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat
  • Mary Boland, American stage and film actress
  • Katie Boland, Canadian actress, writer, director, and producer
  • Veronica Grace Boland, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Francy Boland, classically trained Belgian jazz composer and pianist
  • Eamon Boland, English actor

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