Medeiros
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Medeiros.
Proper noun edit
Medeiros (countable and uncountable, plural Medeiroses)
- A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- A surname from Portuguese.
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Medeiros”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 564.
Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Medeiros
- A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- a surname