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Martin

in the US

There are 567,555 people with the last name "Martin" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Martin 14
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  1. is 10th most common Taylor
  2. is 11th most common Moore
  3. is 12th most common Thomas
  4. is 13th most common Garcia
  5. is 14th most common Martin
  6. is 15th most common Thompson
  7. is 16th most common Rodriguez
  8. is 17th most common White
  9. is 18th most common Jackson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Martin

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

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Meaning & History

1. 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.

2. 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.

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