Modi is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Modi
No. of characters: 4
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Modi

How popular is Modi?

Modi is common in India.

Modi is ranked 2484 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Modis grew by 64.18307 per cent to 3085 since 2000 and ranked 10429 after elevating 4115 spots. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 90.57 86.16
White 3.66 6.44
Black 2.98 0.75
Others 1.69 5.64
Hispanic or Latino 0.75 0.59
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36 0.43
Modi is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Niger is ahead in terms of density. Around 221000 people have been found who wears Modi as their family name. Modi is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,898 Nigeria10
1,411 Democratic Republic of The Congo6
26,825 Georgia5
9,053 Senegal5
11,480 Japan4
2,110 Mozambique4
4,997 Bangladesh4
18,114 Algeria3
10,762 Hungary3
9,097 Wales3
2,135 Rwanda3
2,967 Vietnam3
147,165 Czech Republic2
476 Djibouti2
5,300 Syria2
12,172 Ghana2
4,086 Angola2
8,657 Lebanon2
4,781 Malawi2
1,136 Mali2
44,018 Poland2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
54,135 Philippines2
1,572 Macau1
2,505 Congo1
16,228 Bulgaria1
6,033 Benin1
6,967 Macedonia1
1,179 Swaziland1
37,493 Austria1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
846 American Samoa1
7,191 Afghanistan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,309 Monaco1
8,859 Iraq1
3,243 Suriname1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
42,479 Greece1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
29,774 Venezuela1
4,942 Libya1
7,790 Zambia1
24,460 Armenia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
6,149 Ethiopia1
510 East Timor1
90,903 Moldova1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,301 Ukraine44
6,540 Burkina Faso44
56,148 Spain32
23,443 Norway26
62,494 Netherlands22
2,015 Iceland19
14,048 Ireland16
55,829 Zimbabwe16
7,162 Thailand15
29,040 Denmark15
72,915 Belarus11
3,922 China11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
83,365 Brazil95
8,414 Finland85
3,598 Mauritius73
17,456 Switzerland63
26,687 Belgium59
181,712 Russia52
Countries with hundreds of Modi:
1,049 Nepal926
1,152 United Arab Emirates917
10,993 Germany908
5,064 Canada872
7,835 South Africa822
10,423 Iran819
5,447 Australia546
1,317 Oman402
28,912 Italy325
3,214 Jordan308
1,440 Singapore296
1,342 Kuwait279
22,208 Argentina239
681 Bahrain232
18,581 Tanzania231
9,402 Romania230
1,196 Hong Kong214
47,714 France208
47,935 Indonesia195
1,736 Mauritania194
1,333 Qatar185
10,151 Malaysia177
8,390 Israel130
3,083 Botswana125
6,534 New Zealand114
Countries with thousands of Modi:
1,421 Pakistan8,172
269 Niger7,809
1,464 Kenya3,923
9,460 United States3,890
2,238 Uganda2,614
3,075 England2,506
1,634 Saudi Arabia2,193
3,657 Egypt2,043
2,422 Cameroon1,487
Countries with ten thousands of Modi:
375 Sudan11,856
Countries with hundred thousands of Modi:
402 India163,716
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

House woman Carmela Modi from Minovinso--, Italy aboard the Karamania from Naples. She is registered to be 57 years old when she arrived in Nicorri-- on August 14, 1893.

Modi Namesakes

  • Aakanksha Modi, Syed Modi's daughter
  • Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
  • Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
  • Alessio Modica, Actor
  • Aliya Modi, Minal Modi's daughter
  • Alka Modi, Avani Modi's mother
  • Amedeo Modigliani, Painter
  • Amedeo Modigliani, Painter
  • Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
  • Amedeo Modigliani, Painter
  • In 2015, Chirag Modi portrayed the role of N in drama movie Canvas, Rang Jindagi Na.

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