Mòdî
surname · Latin script
Mòdî is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Marathi मोडी (moḍī), probably from मोडणे (moḍṇe, “to break”), referring to the broken Devanagari characters from which the script is thought to be derived.
- INIndia1 in 26K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 108K
- LALaos≈1 in 13K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Mòdî itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 304 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
50,460 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Laos, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Modi in IN India, US United States, KE Kenya and 1 more, Mada in PK Pakistan and Meda in LA Laos.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Marathiमोडीmoḍī(measured from records)
- Marathi rootमोडणेmoḍṇe“to break”(measured from records)
From Marathi मोडी (moḍī), probably from मोडणे (moḍṇe, “to break”), referring to the broken Devanagari characters from which the script is thought to be derived.
Sources 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Digital Pāḷi Dictionary
- Wiktionary
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mòdî counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #504 | 50,460 | 1 in 26K | 50K | Modi | 259 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈5,400 est. | ≈1 in 39K | listed | Modi | 15 |
| US United States | — | 3,085 | 1 in 108K | 4.4K | Modi | 304 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 209K | listed | Mada | 18 |
| KE Kenya | — | ≈880 est. | ≈1 in 61K | listed | Modi | 17 |
| LA Laos | — | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Meda | 4 |
| SE Sweden | — | 269as Madi | 1 in 38K | 269 | — | 13 |
| FI Finland | — | 123as Mod | 1 in 45K | 123 | — | 9 |
50,460 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Mòdî mean, and where does it come from?
- From Marathi मोडी (moḍī), probably from मोडणे (moḍṇe, “to break”), referring to the broken Devanagari characters from which the script is thought to be derived. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Digital Pāḷi Dictionary and 1 other source.
- In which country does Mòdî have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 50 thousand people named Mòdî, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled modi.
- How common is the name Mòdî?
- In India, the national register counted 50,460 people named Mòdî, about 1 in 26 thousand residents.
- How common is Mòdî compared with other names?
- In India, Mòdî is the 504th most common surname of 1,492,515 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mòdî” — the 504th most common surname in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.