Neilson
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Frequency: (2485)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Scottish: patronymic from Neill.
2. Americanized form of Swedish Nilsson.
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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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Mentioned in
Neilson, William Allan
(British-born American scholar and lexicographer)
James Neilson
(Director, Actor, Western/Comedy)
The House of the Arrow
(1930 Crime Film)
77 Park Lane
(1931 Crime Film)
Jacques Neilson
(art)
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