The Maddux surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,448 people carried this name — #7,490 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,485 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Maddux surname

A surname from Welsh, variant of Maddox.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Maddux» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Madoc’.

An early record he cites: Tudor ab Madoc, Shropshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Maddick, Maddicks, Maddocks, Maddox and Maddux.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 505 · public domain.

In print

Maddux in American newspapers,
1881–1917.

Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Maddux
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1881-11-11
Newspaper page from The Dillon Tribune carrying the name Maddux
The Dillon Tribune 1887-08-19
Newspaper page from Putnam County Herald carrying the name Maddux
Putnam County Herald 1917-06-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Maddux in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1950s.

232 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Maddux. The most, 56, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 5.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 87
Victoria 57
New South Wales 56
Queensland 24
South Australia 7
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Maddux.

Who carried it

People named Maddux,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jared Maddux
    Jared Maddux 1911–1971 · judge
  • Elmer Maddux 1934–2019 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Maddux,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States252 records

252 records of the Maddux name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 180
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 52
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Earl Maddux

    Born 1921 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; foundry worker from St Louis City. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Roy Raymond Maddux

    Born 1949; from Independence, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died of wounds 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John J. Maddux

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1935, died 1996; buried at Holy Mary Mother of God Cemetery, Lafayette, Louisiana.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 252 records for Maddux in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Maddux name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record James Albert Maddux

    Buried in 1990 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 71.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Isabella Maddux

    Died 1923; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ann Isabella Maddux

    Died 1973; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Maddux in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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