Modesto (surname)

Modesto
Origin
Meaningmodest, humble, simple, virtuous
Region of originLatin Europe
Registration of an Italian immigrant named Giuseppe Modesto at the Port of Santos, 1888[1]

Modesto is a surname originating in Latin Europe. Its meaning can be: modest, humble, simple, virtuous, among other synonyms.[2]

Its presence is very common in Italy,[3] Portugal[4] and Spain.[5] The strong wave of Italian immigration caused the surname to spread throughout the Americas, especially in Brazil, after the abolition of slavery in 1888.[6]

People

References

  1. ^ "Memória da Imigração - Livro de Registros". www.inci.org.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Public collection of the state of São Paulo. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  2. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013. ISBN 978-0195081374.
  3. ^ "Diffusione del cognome Modesto - Mappe dei Cognomi Italiani". www.cognomix.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  4. ^ "Modesto (Portugal)-História genealogia heráldica brasão". Heraldrys Institute of Rome (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  5. ^ "Modesto Surname Meaning, Origins & Distribution". forebears.io. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  6. ^ "Museu da Imigração do Estado de São Paulo". www.inci.org.br. Retrieved 2017-02-04.