Medeiros
English
Alternative forms
- Madaris, Madeiros
Etymology
Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Medeiros.
Proper noun
Medeiros (countable and uncountable, plural Medeiroses)
- A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- A surname from Portuguese.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Medeiros is the 1889th 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
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