Modesto (family name)

Modesto is a family name originally from southern Europe , derived from the Latin Modesto for humility . It is very common in Italy , Portugal , Spain, and Latin America , particularly Brazil , due to the strong wave of Italian immigrants in the nineteenth century.

Name bearer

• Aílton de Oliveira Modesto (* 1980), Brazilian soccer player
• Arturo Modesto Tolentino (1910-2004), Filipino politician
• François Modesto (* 1978), French football player
• Juan Francisco Martínez Modesto (* 1980), Spanish football player
• Juan Modesto (1906–1969), Spanish general
• Pablo Modesto González Pérez (* 1959), Venezuelan Roman Catholic religious and bishop of Guasdualito
• Salvador T. Modesto (1930–2015), Filipino Roman Catholic bishop
• Williams Silvio Modesto Verísimo (1953-2008), Brazilian soccer player, see bio (soccer player)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names ( en ). Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0195081374 .
2. ↑ Diffusione del cognome Modesto - Mappe dei Cognomi Italiani ( it )
3. ↑ Modesto (Portugal) -História genealogia heráldica brasão ( pt )
4. ↑ Museu da Imigração do Estado de São Paulo ( pt )