Modeste is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Modeste
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Modeste

How popular is Modeste?

Modeste is common in France.

Modeste is ranked 20006 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Modestes grew by 42.80822 per cent to 834 since 2000 and ranked 28587 after elevating 7645 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 86.21 81.34
Hispanic or Latino 6.35 6.34
White 3.84 6.51
Others 2.4 4.45
Modeste is quite popular family name mostly used in Rwanda while Grenada is ahead in terms of density. Around 25972 people have been found who wears Modeste as their family name. Modeste is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
999 Democratic Republic of The Congo8
739 Madagascar7
179,761 Australia6
856 Congo3
2,550 Haiti3
4,086 Angola2
20,595 China2
118,441 Germany2
237 Central African Republic2
124,220 Italy2
574 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
384 Guinea2
29,774 Venezuela1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
801 Cape Verde1
13,606 Senegal1
107,212 South Africa1
1,253 Burundi1
799 British Virgin Islands1
151,601 Spain1
9,498 Iceland1
13,447 Uganda1
20,172 Hungary1
16,283 Lithuania1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,040 Mali1
38,830 Morocco1
5,916 Mozambique1
118,015 Netherlands1
47,891 Norway1
17,236 Ghana1
36,678 Singapore1
2,613 The Bahamas1
25,721 Egypt1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
341 United States Virgin Islands42
861 Barbados31
5,704 Guyana11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
22,440 Belgium74
5,630 Burkina Faso59
Countries with hundreds of Modeste:
33,800 United States857
47 Saint Lucia496
38 Grenada420
15,335 Algeria357
664 Gabon322
18,340 England296
2,328 Dominican Republic252
17,676 Canada206
28,858 Tanzania134
2,434 Mauritius109
Countries with thousands of Modeste:
217 Rwanda7,788
443 Ivory Coast5,552
271 Togo2,971
1,651 Cameroon2,181
1,296 Benin1,406
153 Trinidad and Tobago1,234
8,374 France1,065
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Christine Modeste worked as farmer and hailed from Italy. 32 years old embarked for USA from Havre on La Champagne and arrived on November 26, 1888. Lo Donne Modeste, Pascal Modeste, aged Of unknown age, 34 years old Stephano Modeste, are other Modeste that migrated to US.

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Modeste
Modeste is an ancient name for baptism and rare surname, represents the Latin name modestus, Roman frequent nickname, derived from the adjective modestus reserve, sweet name was popularized by a saint.

Modeste Namesakes

  • Anthony Modeste, Soccer player
  • Patrick Modeste, Soccer player
  • Anthony Modeste, Soccer player
  • Anthony Modeste, Soccer player
  • Anthony Modeste, Soccer player
  • Anthony Modeste, Soccer player
  • Jimmy Modeste, Soccer player
  • Patrick Modeste, Soccer player
  • Clarice Modeste-Curwen, Politician
  • Charlene Modeste, Actress

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