Boland
See also: bolând
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Proper noun edit
Boland (plural Bolands)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Boland is the 3092nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11631 individuals. Boland is most common among White (91.7%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 186.
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Proper noun edit
Boland
- An upland, inland region in the Western Cape, to the northeast of Cape Town and to the southwest of the Karoo.