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nielsen Name Meaning and History

Danish, Norwegian, and North German (especially Schleswig-Holstein): patronymic from the personal name Niels, a reduced form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The nielsen name in History

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

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Distribution of nielsen Families in the US in 1920
Number of nielsen families
 166-330
 56-165		 1-55
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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