Irons Family History
Irons Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Airaines in
Somme, so named from Latin harenas (accusative case)
‘sands’. The form of the name has been altered as a result of folk
etymology, an association of the name with the metal.
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Name Distribution of Irons Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Irons families
 54 - 106  19 - 53 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Irons families
|
177 - 351 60 - 176 |
1 - 59 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Irons families
|
96 - 189 33 - 95 |
1 - 32 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Irons Family Origin
Irons Immigration Information
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Irons Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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