Maddox

• (surname): Maddex, Maddix, Maddux, Mattocks

Borrowed from Welsh Madog.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmædəks/

Maddox (countable and uncountable, plural Maddoxes)

1. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
   • 2017 June 9, Susan Scutti, “Study links mosquito spray to delayed motor skills in babies”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 October 2022:

     AMVAC Chemical Corp. spokesman Brian Maddox said the company does not sell naled into China and has “no idea how it may have been used or how much is applied.

2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. An unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee, United States.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Maddox is the 959^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 36250 individuals. Maddox is most common among White (69.75%) and Black/African American (25.22%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maddox”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 486.