Modica Surname
Approximately 14,983 people bear this surname
Modica Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 8,880 | 1:6,887 | 920 |
| United States | 3,588 | 1:101,020 | 11,210 |
| Argentina | 784 | 1:54,520 | 4,596 |
| France | 478 | 1:138,960 | 21,353 |
| Australia | 338 | 1:79,869 | 9,295 |
| Brazil | 210 | 1:1,019,402 | 35,992 |
| Canada | 157 | 1:234,685 | 22,439 |
| Germany | 114 | 1:706,188 | 53,880 |
| Belgium | 91 | 1:126,337 | 18,388 |
| England | 77 | 1:723,611 | 40,488 |
| Venezuela | 56 | 1:539,359 | 10,010 |
| Paraguay | 33 | 1:219,295 | 3,965 |
| Spain | 30 | 1:1,558,401 | 47,033 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:334,614 | 15,044 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Peru | 11 | 1:2,889,466 | 28,985 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
The alternate forms: Módica (7) are calculated separately.
Modica (264) may also be a first name.
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Modica Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Modica Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Modica is more commonly found in Italy than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Módica. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Modica? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 35,281st most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 486,388 people. The surname Modica is predominantly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Modica live; 60 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 59 percent live in Italic Europe. It is also the 547,545th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 264 people.
Modica is most frequent in Italy, where it is borne by 8,880 people, or 1 in 6,887. In Italy Modica is primarily found in: Sicily, where 81 percent live, Lombardy, where 6 percent live and Lazio, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Italy it is found in 39 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent live and Argentina, where 5 percent live.
Modica Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Modica has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Modica last name rose 17,940 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Modica Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Modica surname are 9.16% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.93% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Modica earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 4.88% more than the national average, earning €31,494 per year; in United States they earn 10.71% more than the national average, earning $47,769 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.7% more than the national average, earning $61,956 CAD per year.
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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
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- 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
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