Ironside Family History
Ironside Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place in the parish of New
Deer in Aberdeenshire. This was probably named with the Old English
elements earn ‘eagle’ + side ‘side’ (of a
hill).English: possibly from Middle English irenside (Old
English iren ‘iron’ + side ‘side’), a nickname for
an iron-clad warrior. The best-known bearer of this nickname (not as a
surname) was Edmund Ironside, who was briefly king of England in 1016.
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Name Distribution of Ironside Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ironside families
 8 - 13  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Ironside families
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50 - 97 17 - 49 |
1 - 16 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ironside families
|
271 - 539 91 - 270 |
1 - 90 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Ironside Family Origin
Ironside Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Ironside
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Ironside Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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