Nylen Family History
- Nylen Name Meaning
- Swedish (also Nylén): ornamental name, probably formed with ny ‘new’ + the common surname suffix -en, from Latin -enius, with intrusive -l- for euphony. Alternatively the first element may have been part of a place name such as Nyland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 31,827 Historical Documents with Nylen on Ancestry
- 18,749 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,033 Census and Voter Lists
- 570 Military Records
- 2,489 Immigration Records
- 6,986 Member Trees
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Number of Nylen families
 11 - 20  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Nylen families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Nylen census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
Nylen census records
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