Martél
surname · Latin script
Martél is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English martel, from Old French martel (modern French marteau), from Late Latin martellus, from Latin martulus, a variant of marculus (“small hammer”).
- PEPeru≈1 in 3.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- HNHonduras≈1 in 6.4K
- ESSpain1 in 10K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 174 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈14,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Peru, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Martel in PE Peru, US United States, ES Spain and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- Middle Englishmartel(measured from records)
- Old Frenchmartelmodern French marteau(measured from records)
- Late Latinmartellus(measured from records)
- Latinmartulus(measured from records)
From Middle English martel, from Old French martel (modern French marteau), from Late Latin martellus, from Latin martulus, a variant of marculus (“small hammer”).
Cited for this meaning 7
- A dictionary of surnames
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Martél counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | — | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 5K | 1.8K | Martel | 3 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈9,900 est. | ≈1 in 3.8K | — | Martel | 63 |
| PE Peru | #482 | ≈9,200 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | — | Martel | 72 |
| US United States | — | 9,056 | 1 in 37K | 9.1K | Martel | 174 |
| ES Spain | #890 | 4,978 | 1 in 10K | 5K | Martel | 120 |
| HN Honduras | #337 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | — | Martel | 26 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Martél mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English martel, from Old French martel (modern French marteau), from Late Latin martellus, from Latin martulus, a variant of marculus (“small hammer”). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and Dictionary of American Family Names and 5 other sources.
- In which country does Martél have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Martél in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled martel.
- How common is the name Martél?
- In the United States, the national register counted 9,056 people named Martél in 2010, about 1 in 37 thousand residents.
- How common is Martél compared with other names?
- In Honduras, Martél is the 337th most common surname of 30,461 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Martél” — the 337th most common surname in Honduras. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.