The surname Medeiros
A Portuguese surname, carried by 19,031 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M362
Origin
Portuguese origin
Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Medeiros.
One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 19,031 people named Medeiros in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,223 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,121.
Who is named Medeiros
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Medeiros identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as two or more races and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 85%
- Two or more races 5.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Famous Medeiross
7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Glenn MedeirosAmerican former musician, singer, and songwriter (born 1970)
- Poliana Barbosa MedeirosBrazilian association football player, born 1991
- Etiene MedeirosBrazilian swimmer, born 1991
- Martha MedeirosBrazilian writer and journalist, born 1961
- Roni Medeiros de MouraBrazilian footballer, born 1999
- Isabella SchererBrazilian actress, born 1996
- Paulo RicardoBrazilian rock musician, born 1962
Notable Medeiross come mostly from Brazil (6) and the United States (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Madaris
- Madeiros
Medeiros has the Soundex code M362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M362.
Other Portuguese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Medeiros come from?
- Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Medeiros.
- How common is the surname Medeiros?
- 19,031 people in the United States had the surname Medeiros in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,223 Americans. It ranked 1,889th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Medeiros?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Medeiros identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as two or more races.
- Who is the most famous person named Medeiros?
- Glenn Medeiros, American former musician, singer, and songwriter (born 1970), followed by Poliana Barbosa Medeiros.
- Where is the surname Medeiros most common?
- Wikidata records people named Medeiros in Brazil and the United States.
- Is the surname Medeiros getting more or less common?
- More common. 18,121 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,031 in 2010, up 5.0%.
- What are other spellings of Medeiros?
- Madaris and Madeiros.