Explore the Family Name Modic

The meaning of Modic

Slovenian: probably a nickname for someone who walked in a slow, clumsy way, derived from dialect modati, or for a person with a groin rupture, derived from modo ‘testicle’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Modic has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Modic was ranked as the 56,826th most popular surname in the United States; however, by 2010, it had slipped to the 57,781st position, a decrease of 1.68%. Despite this drop in rank, the count of individuals carrying the Modic surname did see an increase over the decade, with 336 instances in 2000 growing to 352 in 2010, a rise of 4.76%. The proportion of the population with this surname remained constant at 0.12 per 100,000 people.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,826	#57,781	-1.68%
Count	336	352	4.76%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.12	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Modic

The ethnicity distribution for the Modic surname shows interesting changes over the same decade, also according to the Decennial U.S. Census. Predominantly identified with White ethnicity — 92.56% in 2000 and 93.47% in 2010, there was also representation among those identifying with two or more ethnicities, which saw a significant increase from 1.49% in 2000 to 3.41% in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of those with Hispanic ethnicity decreased from 2.98% to 2.27%, and there were no reported cases among Asian/Pacific Islanders, Black ethnicities, or American Indian and Alaskan Natives in either year, although there was a recorded presence of the latter group in 2000 that was not present in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.56%	93.47%	0.98%
Two or More Races	1.49%	3.41%	128.86%
Hispanic	2.98%	2.27%	-23.83%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.49%	0%	-100%