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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Swedish : topographic or ornamental name meaning ‘dweller on new land’, from ny ‘new’ + land ‘land’ + -er. suffix denoting an inhabitant.
  • Dutch : variant of Nyland, the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.

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