Nijland is a Dutch toponymic surname. Nijland, modern Dutch nieuw land means "new land", indicating that a person may have lived on newly recovered land or that he came from any number of places named such.http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Nijland&nfd_naam=Nijland%20(y)&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal= Equivalent surnames are Dutch Nieuwland, Scandinavian Nyland, German Neuland, and English Newland. People named Nijland include: