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    The surname Nyland

    A Norwegian surname, carried by 1,270 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N453

    Nyland: #20,792 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nyland #20,792, 1,270 people Nyland: #20,792 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nyland #20,792, 1,270 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nyland is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    Norwegian origin

    From Norwegian Nyland.

    One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,270 people named Nyland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,107 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,245.

    #20,792
    rank among US surnames
    1,270
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,953)

    Who is named Nyland

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Nyland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nyland

    Nyland has the Soundex code N453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N453.

    Other Norwegian surnames

    All 31 Norwegian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nyland come from?
    From Norwegian Nyland.
    How common is the surname Nyland?
    1,270 people in the United States had the surname Nyland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,107 Americans. It ranked 20,792nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nyland?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nyland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Nyland getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,245 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,270 in 2010, up 2.0%.