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Also known as Lind (surname), Lind (family name)

Lind is a surname of both Swedish and Estonian origin. In Swedish, it is the word for the linden tree. In Estonian, it is the word for bird.

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Linde
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Lind
native label
Lind
writing system
Latin script
Soundex
L530
Cologne phonetics
562
Caverphone
LNT111
Commons category
Lind (surname)
language of work or name
Norwegian
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Lind is a surname of both Swedish and Estonian origin. In Swedish, it is the word for the linden tree. In Estonian, it is the word for bird.

==Geographical distribution== As of 2014, 36.1% of all known bearers of the surname Lind were residents of the United States (frequency 1:17,107), 26.2% of Sweden (1:644), 8.0% of Germany (1:17,143), 7.7% of Denmark (1:1,255), 3.9% of Norway (1:2,278), 3.1% of Finland (1:3,054), 2.3% of Canada (1:27,037), 2.0% of Australia (1:20,530), 1.5% of Estonia (1:1,539) and 1.4% of Austria (1:10,630).

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