The Modesti surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 170 people carried this name — #105,079 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 166 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Modesti surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Patronymic surname from the personal name Modesto.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Modesti» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 184 people named Modesti 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 Mendoza.
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 52 people named Modesti.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
40 people named Modesti live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
Who carried it
People named Modesti,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Modesti 1914–1999 · opera singer
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Giuseppe Modesti 1914–1998 · opera singer
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Giuseppe Modesti 1914–1999 · opera singer
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Giuseppe Modesti 1914–1998 · opera singer
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Giuseppe Modesti 1915–1999 · opera singer
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Giovanni Antonio Modesti 1450–1550 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Modesti.
- Mochon 113 · U.S. census
- Mock 15,847 · U.S. census
- Mockel 107 · U.S. census
- Mode 1,035 · U.S. census
- Modena 381 · U.S. census
- Modeste 834 · 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
- Moens 191 · U.S. census
- Moerman 317 · U.S. census
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