Cognomen Nilan (Nilan 
, นิลัน 
) , worldwide, is quite a rare last name. The surname Nilan is habitual in Sri Lanka, where it is quite a rare surname, Laos, and Ireland, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Sri Lanka, the United States, and Indonesia. More frequently, Nilan is the forename as well as the last name.
| john joseph nilan Catholic bishop (b. 1855) |
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| robert a. nilan American geneticist, US (b. 1923) |
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| patrick nilan Australian field hockey player, AU (b. 1941) |
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| chris nilan American ice hockey player, US (b. 1958) |
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| nilan de silva cricketer, LK (b. 1971) |
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| nilan withanage researcher (student outreach) |
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| kapka nilan researcher |
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| nilan yu researcher |
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| diane nilan American homeless advocate |
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| michael sanford nilan Ph.D., Communications, University of Washington, 1985 |
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| nilan t jacob researcher |
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| thomas george nilan Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1961 |
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| syafri nilan Indonesian political candidate, ID |
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| nilan fernando Sri Lankan cricketer, LK (b. 1998) |
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