Nylen
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Frequency: (244)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Swedish (also Nylén): ornamental name, probably formed with ny ‘new’ + the common surname suffix -en, from Latin -enius, with intrusive -l- for euphony. Alternatively the first element may have been part of a place name such as Nyland.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 13%. Anders (3), Per (2), Arlis, Erik, Sven.
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