The rolla Surname

rolla Name Meaning and History

Italian: origin uncertain; perhaps from a feminine form of an unattested male personal name Rollo, of Germanic origin.
German: nickname for a farmer, from Sorbian rola ‘cultivated field’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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rolla Family Facts

Distribution of rolla Families in the US in 1920

Number of rolla families

12-22

5-11

1-4

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 17 - Messages: 33

Thread	Author	Replies
John Rolla of Booneville, Indiana ~ Lynched in 1900	BasketLady420	0
Rolla Family Search	Tammy8664	1
William H. Rolla	Carolyn Stouffer	1
Rolla name	Lisa Jones	0
Rolla...please help	Tammie Brown	1
ROLLA_Martha_Ann_1859-1944.JPG	Allen Wheatley	0
ROLLA_Rolland_Jacob_1933-1953.JPG	Allen Wheatley	0
Family genealogy	Virginia LaMantia	10
Rolla Surname	roghag	2
RE: Rolla Surname	justgranni	1

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