The Modica surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,655 people carried this name — #11,797 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,534 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Modica surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
Borrowed from Sicilian Mòdica, from Latin Motyca.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Modica» (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 704 people named Modica 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 87 people named Modica.
Most of them — 64 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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
85 people named Modica live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 82 people named Modica live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
23 people named Modica is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Modica in American newspapers,
1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,974 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Modica.
- 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
- Modesto 1,800 · 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
- Moesch 395 · U.S. census
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