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nolan Name Meaning and History

Irish (Leinster and Munster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Nualláin ‘descendant of Nuallán’, a personal name representing a diminutive of nuall ‘famous’, ‘noble’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the nolan family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of nolan Families in the US in 1920
Number of nolan families
 837-1671
 280-836		 1-279
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Chicago,Ill. Nolans Christoher Heintzelman 21
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