Last Name IRONSIDE

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Meaning	Nickname: The iron-side, a sobriquet for some strong, thick-ribbed man. It must not be forgotten that Durham was a large center of the haematite industry, and that '-side' is a common local suffix in that district. Therefore it might well be that Iron-side simply meant 'at the side of the irone lode,' or 'pit.'

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	38,833 (2000 US census)

Count	535 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91.59%, or 490 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.31%, or 7 total occurrences, as black,
1.68%, or 9 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
2.24%, or 12 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.87%, or 10 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.31%, or 7 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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