Explore the Family Name Moden

The meaning of Moden

1. Swedish (Modén): ornamental or topographic name from mo ‘sandy heath’ + the adjectival suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’, with intrusive -d- for euphony. 2. English: variant of Mutton.

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How common is the last name Moden in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Moden experienced a slight decrease in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Moden ranked 48,109th in popularity with a count of 413 appearances per 100,000 people. By the year 2010, this ranking had dropped by 7.07% to 51,512th place, with the total count of Modens also decreasing by 2.18% to 404 per 100,000 people. This suggests a modest decline in the use or recording of this surname over the course of the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,109	#51,512	-7.07%
Count	413	404	-2.18%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Moden

The ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some shifts in the ethnic identities associated with the surname Moden during the same period. The proportion of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander vanished completely by 2010, while the percentage of people identifying with two or more races rose by an impressive 50.14%. Those identifying as White remained the majority but decreased slightly from 89.83% to 86.63%. Meanwhile, the percentage of Black identifiers increased by 25.33% to 6.68%, though they still make up a minority of Modens. No Modens identified as Hispanic or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	89.83%	86.63%	-3.56%
Black	5.33%	6.68%	25.33%
Two or More Races	3.63%	5.45%	50.14%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.21%	0%	-100%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%