Modeste Surname
Approximately 35,294 people bear this surname
Modeste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 11,783 | 1:965 | 220 |
| Chad | 9,628 | 1:1,412 | 268 |
| Madagascar | 3,104 | 1:7,619 | 1,529 |
| Ethiopia | 2,254 | 1:43,277 | 4,742 |
| Togo | 1,365 | 1:5,310 | 1,020 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1,289 | 1:1,058 | 154 |
| France | 1,122 | 1:59,200 | 7,948 |
| DR Congo | 1,040 | 1:71,038 | 8,316 |
| United States | 987 | 1:367,233 | 32,624 |
| Tanzania | 603 | 1:87,797 | 8,871 |
| Saint Lucia | 513 | 1:349 | 59 |
| Grenada | 475 | 1:228 | 37 |
| England | 263 | 1:211,856 | 18,170 |
| Canada | 244 | 1:151,007 | 15,383 |
| Mauritius | 174 | 1:7,433 | 1,549 |
| Dominican Republic | 116 | 1:89,939 | 4,002 |
| Cameroon | 78 | 1:266,270 | 25,687 |
| Ivory Coast | 42 | 1:549,315 | 16,834 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 39 | 1:2,830 | 482 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| Philippines | 26 | 1:3,893,778 | 155,597 |
| Guyana | 11 | 1:69,293 | 5,568 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| British Virgin Islands | 8 | 1:3,949 | 439 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 1:28,165 | 1,050 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Modeste (104,993) may also be a first name.
Modeste Demographics
Modeste Political Affiliation
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Modeste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Modeste Come From? nationality or country of origin
Modeste (Arabic: موديست) is found most in Rwanda. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Modeste? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,795th most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 206,481 people. The last name Modeste occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Modeste live; 42 percent live in East Africa and 35 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Modeste is also the 9,754th most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 104,993 people.
It is most widely held in Rwanda, where it is carried by 11,783 people, or 1 in 965. Not including Rwanda Modeste exists in 68 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 27 percent are found and Madagascar, where 9 percent are found.
Modeste Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Modeste has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Modeste last name increased 19,740 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Modeste Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Modeste surname are 26.9% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80.13% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Modeste earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.89% less than the national average, earning $42,332 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.02% less than the national average, earning $43,212 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Modeste Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Modeste in the Arabic language | ||
| موديست | mwdyst | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Modeste
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