Find out how popular the last name Ueland is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Ueland.

Ueland, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Ueland surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ueland in America

Ueland is the 54530th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ueland surname appeared 378 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Ueland.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ueland to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Ueland

The surname Ueland has its origins in Norway, emerging during the medieval period. It is derived from the Old Norse word "úti," meaning "out" or "outside," and "land," meaning "land" or "territory." This suggests that the name likely referred to individuals who resided or owned land on the outskirts of a village or settlement.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Ueland can be found in the Diplomatarium Norvegicum, a collection of medieval Norwegian documents dating back to the 13th century. In this collection, a person named Thorstein Ueland is mentioned in a legal document from 1348, indicating the name's use at that time.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, several variants of the name appeared in historical records, such as Uteland, Utlande, and Utlænde. These variations likely stemmed from regional dialects and variations in spelling conventions of the time.

Notable individuals bearing the Ueland surname include:

1. Olav Ueland (1814-1892), a Norwegian farmer and politician who served in the Storting, the Norwegian parliament.
2. Jens Ueland (1862-1930), a Norwegian-American farmer and businessman who founded the Ueland Nursery in Clarkfield, Minnesota.
3. Halvor Ueland (1878-1949), a Norwegian-American writer and educator who published several books on Norwegian culture and history.
4. Thorvald Ueland (1895-1973), a Norwegian-American artist known for his landscape paintings depicting scenes from the American Midwest.
5. Sigrid Ueland (1908-1997), a Norwegian author and poet whose works explored themes of nature, love, and the human condition.

While the Ueland surname is most prevalent in Norway and among Norwegian-American communities, it has also been recorded in other parts of Scandinavia and Europe, likely due to migration and intermarriage over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ueland

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Ueland.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Ueland was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Ueland has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Ueland was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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