# Meadows (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/meadows/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 44,500 |
| US rank (2010) | 773 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,938 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (42,884 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɛd.oʊz/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Meadow, with the patronymic suffix -s.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Meadows in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Meadows in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Meadows

- Donella Meadows, American environmental scientist, teacher, and writer (1941–2001)
- Tim Meadows, American actor and comedian
- Audrey Meadows, American actress (1922–1996)
- Earle Meadows, American athlete (1913-1992)
- Dennis Meadows, American scientist and Emeritus Professor of Systems Management, widely known as a coautho
- Jenny Meadows, British athletics competitor
- Julie Meadows, American pornographic actress
- Lindsey Meadows, American pornographic actress
- Bernard Meadows, British artist (1915–2005)

## Similar surnames

Meads, Matthews, Mathis, Mathews, Maddox, Matos, Metz, Matias, Mattox, Mathias, Mathes, Moats.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.