Meddows Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Meddows Surname Definition:

= Meadows, q.v.

Meddows Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:4,646,909242,363
England601:928,63447,428
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England891:273,88119,201
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1131:444,41332,195

Meddows Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Meadows, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Meddows Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Meddows Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Meddows is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Meddows? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,295,379th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. Meddows is mostly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Meddows are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 4,646,909. In The United States Meddows is most numerous in: Missouri, where 33 percent are found, Illinois, where 31 percent are found and Louisiana, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 34 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.

Meddows Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Meddows has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meddows last name fell 31 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 33 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Meddows Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Meddows surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.64% registered with the party.

Meddows earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.45% more than the national average, earning $44,639 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meaddows9313/
Medows92264/
Meadows8670,807/
Maddows8612/
Middows8612/
Meedows863/
Maedows862/
Meudows861/
Mesdows861/
Meddaws860/
Meaduows804/
Mmeadows801/
Midows7719/
Madows774/
Modows771/
D'Meadows751/
Mahdows711/
Maddews710/
Meadaws710/
Meadews710/
Meadoyvs671/
Meadoivs671/
Medovz624/
Medevs623/
Madhews572/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Meddows
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