English (Cambridge): unexplained; perhaps a habitational name from
a lost or unidentified place. There are two places in England called
Warland, in Durham and West Yorkshire, but the distribution of the
modern surname suggests that a different souce is most probably
involved.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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