# Nylund (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/nylund/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Swedish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Swedish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,001 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,855 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 308,437 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.5% (940 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Newlun |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Nylund, from ny (“new”) + lund (“grove”). This surname is mostly found in Finland.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nylund in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nylund in the United States.

## People named Nylund

- Eric Nylund, American writer

## Similar surnames

Nyland, Noland, Newland, Nowland.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.