Family name Modest (Modest 
, Modestus 
, Модест 
) , in all the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Modest is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Tanzania, where it is quite a common surname, Namibia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Cameroon. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Tanzania, Nigeria, and Poland. Also, Modest is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Modest | Nigeria, Cameroon, Morocco, Tanzania, Poland |
| Modestus | Germany, Nigeria, Ghana, United States, Tanzania |
| Модест | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Russia |
| Мадэст | Kazakhstan |
| modest meerstein Czech composer, CZ (b. 1650) |
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modest okulov (b. 1765) |
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| modest schmetterer (1738-1784), DE (b. 1738) |
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| modest šraj Slovene monk and translator, SI (b. 1754) |
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modest urgell Catalan artist (1839-1919), ES (b. 1839) |
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| modest wit kosicki Polish writer and lawyer (b. 1791) |
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modest modestowitsch von korff Russian nobleman, CH (b. 1842) |
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modest humiecki Physician, January Uprising participant, PL (b. 1842) |
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modest teixidor i torres Spanish painter (1854-1927), ES (b. 1849) |
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modest ivashkin-potapov (b. 1842) |
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modest furest i roca Spanish physician, ES (b. 1852) |
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modest romiszewski Polish general, PL (b. 1861) |
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modest terwagne Belgian politician (1864-1945), BE (b. 1864) |
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modest feu i estrada Spanish architect (1870-1933), ES (b. 1870) |
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modest stein Russian-American illustrator, US (b. 1871) |
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