The erlandson Surname

erlandson Name Meaning and History

Americanized spelling of Swedish Erlandsson or Norwegian and Danish Erlandsen, patronymics from Erland, from the Old Norse byname Erlandr, Erlendr, meaning ‘foreign’, ‘from a foreign country’.

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The erlandson name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the erlandson family name as far back in history as possible.

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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 erlandson Families in the US in 1920

Number of erlandson families

43-84

15-42

1-14

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ERLANDSON, Lloyd W. in Oregon	Cyndi	1
Erlandsons from Jamestown, NY	Gary Morgan	2
Erlandson	Marceda Brown	1
ERLANDSON family in Manistee, Michigan	LindaFosterKrupp	0
Carl P. Erlandson Family	Not_A_Relative	0
Nils Erlandsson Relatives	elsapelsa1	0
Pictures of Vivian Erlandson	joesmuck181	0
erlandson sweden to us	luv2garden1962	0
Searching for Erlandson Family	Andrea Carrington	11
Obit- Mrs. Frances Marion Erlandson	cantorjoeocho	0

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