Norland Family History
Norland Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English north
‘north’ + land ‘land’, or a habitational name from Norland in
West Yorkshire, named with Old English norð ‘north’ +
land ‘land’, ‘estate’, ‘district’, ‘part of a settlement’.Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead so named, from
Old Norse nord ‘north’ + land ‘land’, ‘farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Norland
Name Distribution of Norland Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Norland families
 14 - 25  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Norland families
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9 - 16 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Norland last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Norland census records
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Norland Family Origin
Norland Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Norland
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Norland Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Norland census records
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Norland Civil War Service Records
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