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Martin

in the US

There are 471,704 people with the last name "Martin" in the United States.

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Martin 13
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  1. is 9th most common Wilson
  2. is 10th most common Taylor
  3. is 11th most common Thomas
  4. is 12th most common Moore
  5. is 13th most common Martin
  6. is 14th most common Thompson
  7. is 15th most common Jackson
  8. is 16th most common Garcia
  9. is 17th most common White

Similar Names and Nicknames

Martinez, Morton, Martino, Martens, Martell, Martins, Martel, Martinson, Martindale, Martz

Most Common First Names for Martin

James, Robert, John, Michael, David, William, Richard, Charles, Thomas, Mary

Meaning & History

English, Scottish, Irish, French, Dutch, German, Czech, Slovak, Spanish (Martín), Italian (Venice), etc.: from a personal name (Latin Martinus, a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’). This was borne by a famous 4th-century saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. As a North American surname, this form has absorbed many cognates from other European forms.

English: habitational name from any of several places so called, principally in Hampshire, Lincolnshire, and Worcestershire, named in Old English as ‘settlement by a lake’ (from mere or mær ‘pool’, ‘lake’ + tūn ‘settlement’) or as ‘settlement by a boundary’ (from (ge)mære ‘boundary’ + tūn ‘settlement’). The place name has been charged from Marton under the influence of the personal name Martin.

Recent Searches for "Martin" in the US

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James Martin (4,533 searches)
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