Modè

surname · Latin script

Modè is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): scattered: esp. Surrey;. variant of Moat .

rarermore common
  • ITItaly≈1 in 2.3M(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 321K
  • BEBelgium1 in 733K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,035 people, 2010

Sources
12 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 321K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mode in IT Italy, CH Switzerland.

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)

Main GB Location (1881): scattered: esp. Surrey;. variant of Moat .

Sources 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Modè 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.

Where Modè is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,0351 in 321K1K—5
IN India2901 in 4.6M290—1
BR Brazil751 in 2.8M75——
IT Italy≈27 est.≈1 in 2.3M—Mode12
BE Belgium161 in 733K16——
CH Switzerland51 in 1.7M5Mode1

1,035 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Modè is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada, Tunisia, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Mode, Modé, Môde, Mödë, Módé

  • English name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom

    Also written Mode, Modé, Modė, Moḑễ, Mödé

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Modè under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Modè mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): scattered: esp. Surrey;. variant of Moat . Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 2 other sources.
In which country does Modè have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.0 thousand people named Modè, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Modè most common?
Modè is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 321 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Modè?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,035 people named Modè in 2010, about 1 in 321 thousand residents.

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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, “Modè”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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