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Early Origins of the Rolando family

The surname Rolando was first found in Verona, a city in Venetia, Italy and capital of the province of Verona. The city is rich in churches, museums, galleries, paintings, sculptures, statues and monuments. The cathedral was consecrated in 1187. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Rolando family

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Rolando Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Orlandi, Orlando, Orlandelli, Orlandini, Orlandoni, Orlanducci, Rolando and many more.

Early Notables of the Rolando family

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Rolando Ranking

In France, the name Rolando is the 8,694th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1


United States Rolando migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rolando Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Jacome Rolando, who landed in New Spain in 1835 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Rolando (post 1700) +

  • DJ Rolando, born Rolando Rocha, known as The Aztec Mystic, an American techno DJ and producer from Detroit, Michigan
  • Mattia Eugio Rolando (b. 1992), Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder
  • Luigi Rolando (1773-1831), Italian anatomist from Turin, known for his pioneering research in brain localization of function
  • Gloria Rolando (b. 1953), born Gloria Victoria Rolando Casamayor, a Cuban filmmaker and screenwriter whose career as a director spans more than 35 years at the Cuban national film institute ICAIC
  • Ana Paola Desirée Facchinei Rolando (b. 1956), Venezuelan model, Miss Venezuela (1973)
  • Miguel Rolando Covian (1913-1992), Argentine-Brazilian physiologist, medical educator and writer
  • Edwin Rolando Tenorio Montaño (b. 1976), Ecuadorian football midfielder
  • Christian Rolando Lara Anangonó (b. 1980), nicknamed Diablito, an Ecuadorian footballer
  • Joseph Rolando Benavidez (b. 1984), American mixed martial artist
  • Edgar Rolando Olivares Burgoa (b. 1977), Bolivian football midfielder


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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