McAdoo
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English
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conduibh (“son of the black hound”), from cú (“hound”) and dubh (“black”). Compare McCunniff and McNiff.
Proper noun
McAdoo (countable and uncountable, plural McAdoos)
- A surname from Irish.
- A town in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Dickens County, Texas, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McAdoo is the 9122nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3580 individuals. McAdoo is most common among White (57.99%) and Black/African American (35.67%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McAdoo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 543.