Family name Nylander (Nylander 
) , all over the world, is quite a common last name. The cognomen Nylander is habitual in Northern Europe, particularly Sweden, where it is quite a common surname, Finland, and Norway, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Sweden, the United States, and Finland. Much less frequently, Nylander is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Nylander | Norway, United States, Sweden, Ghana, Finland |
| simon nylander (b. 1668) |
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| johan nylander Finnish priest (1698-1761), FI (b. 1698) |
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margaretha nylander Swedish writer, SE (b. 1783) |
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| johan mattsson nylander Finnish merchant, shipowner and industralist, FI (b. 1742) |
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william nylander Finnish lichenologist and entomologist (1822-1899), FR (b. 1822) |
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oskar nylander Finnish painter, FI (b. 1827) |
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oscar nylander politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden, SE (b. 1853) |
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| bengt nylander SE (b. 1803) |
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| frederick nylander Finnish botanist and politician (1820-1880), FI (b. 1820) |
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| andreas edvinus nylander Finnish physician and botanist (1831-1890) (b. 1831) |
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| frédéric nylander (b. 1822) |
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| claus wilhelm gabriel nylander Swedish chemist, SE (b. 1835) |
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erik nylander Swedish businessman, politician and county governor, SE (b. 1885) |
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axel nylander SE (b. 1876) |
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| simon wilhelm nylander (b. 1827) |
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