# Medeiros (surname)

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

A surname from Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 19,031 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,889 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,223 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (18,121 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Madaris, Madeiros |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Medeiros.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Medeiros 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 5.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Medeiros in Brazil and the United States.

## People named Medeiros

- Glenn Medeiros, American former musician, singer, and songwriter (born 1970)
- Poliana Barbosa Medeiros, Brazilian association football player
- Etiene Medeiros, Brazilian swimmer
- Martha Medeiros, Brazilian writer and journalist
- Roni Medeiros de Moura, Brazilian footballer
- Isabella Scherer, Brazilian actress
- Paulo Ricardo, Brazilian rock musician

## Similar surnames

Meadors, Mederos, Medders, Madrigal, Mathers, Matarazzo, Madriz.

## 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.