Medeiros Surname

1,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 324,198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Medeiros Surname User-submission:

The surname Medeiros has two possible origins.

It comes from a place called Medeiros. Thus, the people who resided in this place were nicknamed de Medeiros, as a way of being recognized inside and outside the village. Over time, Medeiros was recognized as a surname and passed on to the descendants of the village.

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Medeiros Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil275,6321:77797
United States22,8201:15,8832,024
Portugal10,8791:958164
Canada6,2561:5,890853
Angola4,7331:5,702788
Uruguay9571:3,586421
France6081:109,24816,273
Spain5181:90,2557,581
Bolivia3621:29,3272,022
Argentina2371:180,35215,113
England2041:273,12821,453
Thailand1431:493,97486,347
Bermuda941:694103
Australia681:396,99632,204
Paraguay601:120,6122,672
Switzerland571:144,08613,875
Suriname511:10,8362,716
Chile431:409,68511,039
South Africa371:1,464,26276,407
São Tomé and Príncipe361:4,928395
Belgium341:338,13737,845
Ireland341:138,4986,546
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404
Venezuela311:974,32514,902
Italy311:1,972,79688,569
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
Panama121:326,0227,351
Denmark111:513,15632,022
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Estonia81:165,22626,217
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Colombia51:9,554,81425,159
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Wales41:773,63329,106
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
China31:455,773,85521,925
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Macau21:300,8151,009
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Belize11:355,4743,977
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Tonga11:107,313791
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Andorra11:83,8382,381
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guam11:160,1214,893
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malta11:430,2723,380
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Medeiros (114) may also be a first name.

Medeiros Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Medeiros has two possible origins.

It comes from a place called Medeiros. Thus, the people who resided in this place were nicknamed de Medeiros, as a way of being recognized inside and outside the village. Over time, Medeiros was recognized as a surname and passed on to the descendants of the village.

The surname may be a derivation of meda, meaning 'stacked' or 'heaped'. It is understood that the patriarch of this family practiced the occupation of forklift or lived near something that alludes to objects or food stacked.

- crismdrs

Medeiros is a Portuguese surname, coming from the word medas in existence in both Portuguese and Spanish languages, meaning 'haystacks', a medeiro would henceforth be a 'field (full) of haystacks', and thus medeiros the plural form of it. Most probable variant of Spanish origin has the suffix -ero(s) in it.

- leevallitto

The Medeiros surname comes from the word medeiros, a plural of medeiro, a place with medas (heaps of bundled wheat, straw), arranged in a closely conical shape and supported by a vertical pole.

- José Aurélio Medeiros da Luz

Medeiros Last Name Facts

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

The surname Medeiros (Arabic: مديروس) occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Medeiros? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,693rd most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 22,479 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Medeiros live; 86 percent live in South America and 85 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 877,214th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 114 people.

Medeiros is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 275,632 people, or 1 in 777. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 17 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent live and Rio Grande do Norte, where 8 percent live. Other than Brazil it exists in 98 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live and Portugal, where 3 percent live.

Medeiros Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Medeiros has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Medeiros surname expanded 380,333 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Medeiros Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Medeiros surname are 44.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 97.86% being registered with the political party.

The amount Medeiros earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.67% more than the national average, earning R 426,960 per year; in United States they earn 3.64% more than the national average, earning $44,720 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.76% more than the national average, earning $52,543 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Medeiros Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Medeiros in the Arabic language
مديروسmdyrws-
ماديروسmadyrws-
ميديروسmydyrws-

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Medeiros Reference & Research

Medeiros DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Medeiros FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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