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Sutherland.

A habitational surname from Old English.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈsʌðə(ɹ)lənd/

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.

  2. A former county of Scotland, since 1975 part of Highland region and council area.

  3. A suburb and local government area (Sutherland Shire) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

  4. A locality in the Shire of Northern Grampians, central western Victoria, Australia.

  5. A neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

  6. A town in the Northern Cape, South Africa.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A small city in O'Brien County, Iowa.

  8. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri.

  9. A number of places in the United States: A village in Lincoln County, Nebraska.

  10. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Millard County, Utah.

  11. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.

  12. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in the towns of Delta and Mason, Bayfield County, Wisconsin.

  13. A Scottish dukedom.

Where this word comes from

The name of the county is from Old Norse Suðrland, from suðr (“south”) + land (“land”), named from the point of view of Orkney and Shetland. In some cases, the surname may represent the equivalent formation in Old English.

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