Martínez

surname · Latin script

Meaning: a surname, Martinez, originating as a patronymic

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Martínez is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 10th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 23(measured from records)
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 35
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 49

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.

United States (measured from records)

1,060,159 people, 2010

#22 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
600 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 23 (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MartínezLatin(measured from records)
МартинесCyrillic(measured from records)
มาร์ติเนซThai(measured from records)
ΜαρτίνεζGreek(measured from records)
마르티네스Hangul(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Martinez in US United States, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 4 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)

a surname, Martinez, originating as a patronymic

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Martínez 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 Martínez is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#101,060,1591 in 3141.1MMartinez600
ES Spain#3832,3961 in 60832KMartinez312
CO Colombia#5≈530,000 est.≈1 in 937.5KMartinez239
AR Argentina#7467,0141 in 97467KMartinez201
VE Venezuela#6≈380,000 est.≈1 in 753.2KMartinez144
DO Dominican Republic#223≈190,000 est.≈1 in 56—Martínez125
SV El Salvador#2≈180,000 est.≈1 in 35—Martinez114
PY Paraguay#3≈150,000 est.≈1 in 49—Martinez95
UY Uruguay#142146,7971 in 23147KMartínez143

1,060,159 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); RNEC — Nombres más registrados (newborn name statistics); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)

Martínez is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name24 spellings in the group

    Also written Martin-Ez, Mart-Inez, Mart́inez, Martine-Z, Martĩnez

  • French surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Philippines

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Martinez, Martìnez, Martinez', Martinéz, Mártinez

  • a separate surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, United Kingdom

    Also written Martinez, Martìnez, Martinéz, M̶a̶r̶t̶i̶n̶e̶z̶, M̶a̶r̶t̶í̶n̶e̶z̶

55 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)

19201940196019802000Luis Aragonés, b. 1938Leo XIV, b. 1955Laura Harring, b. 1964Paco Tous, b. 1964Yamandú Orsi, b. 1967Roberto Martínez, b. 1973Itziar Ituño, b. 1974Damián Emiliano Martínez, b. 1992Ángel Correa, b. 1995Lautaro Martínez, b. 1997
  • Luis Aragonésb. 1938ESnot in their usual nameSpanish football player and manager (1938–2014)
  • Leo XIVb. 1955USnot in their usual name267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
  • Laura Harringb. 1964MXnot in their usual nameMexican actress and Miss USA 1985
  • Paco Tousb. 1964ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor
  • Yamandú Orsib. 1967UYnot in their usual name43rd President of Uruguay
  • Roberto Martínezb. 1973ESSpanish association football coach
  • Itziar Ituñob. 1974ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actress
  • Damián Emiliano Martínezb. 1992ARArgentine footballer (born 1992)
  • Ángel Correab. 1995ARnot in their usual nameArgentine association football player
  • Lautaro Martínezb. 1997ARArgentine association football player (born 1997)

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)

FormalEstimado/a Martínez,Dear Martínez, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Martínez,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 23 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Martínez
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CO ColombiaRNEC — Nombres más registrados (newborn name statistics)20197.5K#3
CO ColombiaColombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co)—21#95

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Martínez mean, and where does it come from?
a surname, Martinez, originating as a patronymic Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Martínez?
A machine transcription gives /martinɛs/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What are other forms of the name Martínez?
In the etymology graph, Martins is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Martínez have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.1 million people named Martínez, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled martinez.
Where is Martínez most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Martínez is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 23 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Martínez?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,060,159 people named Martínez in 2010, about 1 in 314 residents.
How common is Martínez compared with other names?
In the United States, Martínez is the 10th most common surname of 6,282,806 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, “Martínez” — the 10th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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