The erland Surname

erland Name Meaning and History

Norwegian: habitational name from a farm in southwestern Norway so named, from Old Norse elri ‘alder’ + land ‘land’, ‘farm’.
Swedish: probably an ornamental name or possibly a shortened form of the patronymic Erlandsson (see Erlandson).

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The erland name in History

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erland Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of erland Families in the US in 1920

Number of erland families

10-18

4-9

1-3

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Frederick O. Erland	lastonestanding	1
Erlands, Axel	annettejohnston79	1
Any and all Erlands	UNG24A53	27
John Erland	Rainbow69	0
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