How common is the surname Nylund?

1,001 people in the United States had the surname Nylund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. It ranked 24,855th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nylund?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Nylund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Nylund most common?

Wikidata records people named Nylund in the United States.

Is the surname Nylund getting more or less common?

More common. 940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,001 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Nylund

A Swedish surname, carried by 1,001 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nylund is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

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

One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,001 people named Nylund in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 940.

#24,855

rank among US surnames

1,001

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #24,857)

Who is named Nylund

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

96% of people named Nylund identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nylunds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eric Nylund
American writer, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Newlun

Surnames that sound like Nylund

Nyland

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

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Nylund come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Nylund, from ny (“new”) + lund (“grove”). This surname is mostly found in Finland.
How common is the surname Nylund?: 1,001 people in the United States had the surname Nylund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. It ranked 24,855th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nylund?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Nylund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Nylund?: Eric Nylund, American writer.
Where is the surname Nylund most common?: Wikidata records people named Nylund in the United States.
Is the surname Nylund getting more or less common?: More common. 940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,001 in 2010, up 6.5%.
What are other spellings of Nylund?: Newlun.