Martínek

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/marciːnɛk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Martínek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Czech (Martmek), Slovak, Croatian (northern and western Croatia), and Slovenian; from a pet form of the personal name Martin.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 3.6K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 29K
  • SISlovenia1 in 96K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 people, est.

Sources
79 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Martinek in CZ Czechia, US United States, GB United Kingdom 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)

Czech (Martmek), Slovak, Croatian (northern and western Croatia), and Slovenian; from a pet form of the personal name Martin.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Martínek 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.

Where Martínek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈13,000 est.≈1 in 110K—Martinek2
CZ Czechia#1322,9351 in 3.6K2.9KMartinek79
US United States—1,8001 in 185K1.8KMartinek77
CA Canada—≈170 est.≈1 in 226K—Martinek10
GB United Kingdom—≈150 est.≈1 in 445K—Martinek11
HR Croatia—1461 in 29K146——
JO Jordan—≈76 est.≈1 in 143K—Martinek1
SI Slovenia—221 in 96K22—2

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: MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Martínek is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Martĩnek, Martinek, Martìnek

  • English surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Norwegian

    Also written Martinek

  • Indonesian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Indonesia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Martinek

  • Japanese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, United States

    Also written Martinek

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Serbia

    Also written Martinek

6 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Vojtěch Martínek, b. 1887Josef Martínek, b. 1888Bohumír Martínek, b. 1916Zdeněk Martínek, b. 1923Jindřich Martínek, b. 1938František Martínek, b. 1952Lubomír Martínek, b. 1954Radko Martínek, b. 1956Jiří Martínek, b. 1976Václav Martínek, b. 1976

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalVážený pane / paní Martínek,Dear Martínek, (English)
InformalVážený pane / paní Martínek,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Martínek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2.9K#354
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—2.9K#353
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—2.9K#353

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Martínek mean, and where does it come from?
Czech (Martmek), Slovak, Croatian (northern and western Croatia), and Slovenian; from a pet form of the personal name Martin. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Martínek?
A machine transcription gives /marciːnɛk/ (IPA) for Czech.
In which country does Martínek have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Martínek in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled martinek.
Where is Martínek most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Martínek is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 3.6 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Martínek?
In Czechia, the national register counted 2,935 people named Martínek, about 1 in 3.6 thousand residents.
How common is Martínek compared with other names?
In Czechia, Martínek is the 132nd most common surname of 114,573 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, “Martínek” — the 132nd most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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