The Modena surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 381 people carried this name — #54,178 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 355 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 153 people named Modena live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 113 people named Modena.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
43 people named Modena live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Modena.
- Moch 540 · U.S. census
- Mochel 305 · U.S. census
- Mochon 113 · U.S. census
- Mock 15,847 · U.S. census
- Mockel 107 · U.S. census
- Mode 1,035 · U.S. census
- Modeste 834 · U.S. census
- Modesti 170 · U.S. census
- Modesto 1,800 · U.S. census
- Modica 2,655 · U.S. census
- Moebs 119 · U.S. census
- Moench 766 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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