Neilan
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Frequency: (267)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Irish (Munster and Connacht): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Nialláin ‘descendant of Niallán’, a diminutive of the personal name Niall (see Neill).
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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Marshall Neilan
(Director, Writer, Actor, Drama/Comedy)
Bob Hampton of Placer
(1921 Western Film)
May Blossom
(1915 Drama Film)
Three Men and a Girl
(1919 Film)
Country Boy
(1915 Film)
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