Meadows
See also: meadows
English edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Meadow, with the patronymic suffix -s.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Meadows (countable and uncountable, plural Meadowses)
- A surname.
- A town in Mount Barker district council area, South Australia, Australia.
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A small unincorporated community in McLean County, Illinois, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Meadows is the 773rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 44500 individuals. Meadows is most common among White (81.24%) and Black/African American (14.17%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Meadows”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 563.