Medeiros

English

Alternative forms

• Madaris, Madeiros

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Medeiros.

Proper noun

Medeiros (countable and uncountable, plural Medeiroses)

1. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
2. A surname from Portuguese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Medeiros is the 1889^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 19031 individuals. Medeiros is most common among White (85.33%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Medeiros”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 564.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Medeiros

1. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil
2. a surname