The Modesto surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,800 people carried this name — #16,087 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted. That is up 40% from 1,287 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 270 people named Modesto 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 50 people named Modesto.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Corsica.
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
32 people named Modesto live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Modesto,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Modesto 1906–1969 · military personnel -
Alcides Modesto 1939– · teacher -
Rose Modesto 1978– · teacher -
Thiago Modesto 1996– · composer -
Rui Modesto 1999– · association football player -
Salvador T. Modesto 1930–2015 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 19 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Modesto.
- 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
- Modesti 170 · 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
- Moes 917 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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