Padmore

English

Etymology

Variant of Patmore. This variant is mostly found in Liberia and Ghana.

Proper noun

Padmore (plural Padmores)

1. A surname.
   • 2008 January 17, Bernard Holland, “For Schubert, a Sad Tale Was the Best for Winter”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The latest in this long line of winter journeyers is a British tenor, Mark Padmore, who sang Schubert’s song cycle at Weill Recital Hall on Tuesday night with the pianist Ethan Iverson.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Padmore is the 39419^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 558 individuals. Padmore is most common among Black/African American (82.26%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Padmore”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.