McAdoo
English
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Etymology
editAnglicized form of Irish Mac Conduibh (“son of the black hound”), from cú (“hound”) and dubh (“black”). Compare McCunniff and McNiff.
Proper noun
editMcAdoo (countable and uncountable, plural McAdoos)
- A surname from Irish.
- A town in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Dickens County, Texas, United States.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, McAdoo is the 9122nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3580 individuals. McAdoo is most common among White (57.99%) and Black/African American (35.67%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McAdoo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 543.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Irish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Irish
- en:Towns in Pennsylvania, USA
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- en:Unincorporated communities in Texas, USA
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- en:Places in Texas, USA