Frequency: (134)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Finnish: topographic name from yli ‘upper’ + talo ‘house’, ‘building’. This name is found chiefly in central and northern Finland.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 5%; Finnish 4%. Erik (2); Aaro, Jaana, Wilho.
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