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The nilson Surname

nilson Name Meaning and History

Americanized spelling of Swedish Nilsson or Norwegian Nilsen.

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

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

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Distribution of nilson Families in the US in 1920
Number of nilson families
 118-233
 40-117		 1-39
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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