Iron is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Iron
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: A name taken from the mineral kingdom

How popular is Iron?

Iron is ranked 318068 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Irons plummeted by 2.536232 per cent to 269 since 2000 and slipped by 5454 spots and ranked at 72332. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
American Indian and Alaska Native 56.13 55.07
Black 21.19 21.01
White 13.38 17.75
Hispanic or Latino 6.32 3.62
Iron is a very rare family name, few people in Indonesia and Canada have the last name. Around 917 people have been found who wears Iron as their family name. Few people around the world have Iron as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
62,864 New Zealand1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
107,212 South Africa1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
265,472 India44
67,388 Australia26
50,826 Zimbabwe19
Countries with hundreds of Iron:
33,677 Indonesia302
13,479 Canada281
94,467 United States242

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Iron worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 34 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Italy and arrived on May 30, 1851. Mary Iron (8), Mick Iron, Margt. Iron, aged 3, 7 months old Judy Iron, are other Iron that migrated to US.

Comments

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Miesha Hout
Iron is a surname of Basque origin, represents the variation of irun, topographic name designating the location of housing, property, place name became surname.

Iron Namesakes

  • Adelaide Ironside, Artist
  • Adelaide Ironside, Artist
  • Adrienne Ironside, Actress
  • Edmund Ironside, King of England
  • Edmund Ironside, King of England
  • Björn Ironside, King
  • Edmund Ironside, King of England
  • Edmund Ironside, King of England
  • Brandon Iron, Pornographic actor
  • The Iron Sheik, Professional wrestler

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