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Family name Boland (博兰 , Boland , بولاند ) , in the entire world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Boland is characteristic of Ireland, where it is quite a common surname, Australia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Kuwait. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Boland is the forename as well as the last name.