Martins
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Portuguese; patronymic from the personal name Martim, vernacular form of Latin Martinus (see Martin)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɐɾtĩʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Martins is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country, where it is the 23rd most common surname.
- PTPortugal≈1 in 77(inferred from the name graph)
- BRBrazil≈1 in 179
- UYUruguay1 in 887
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.
- Brazil (inferred from the name graph)
- #371 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 376 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 77 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,200,000 people, est.
of 19M surnames
Highest-authority source
Portugal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Portuguese; patronymic from the personal name Martim, vernacular form of Latin Martinus (see Martin).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Martins 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #23 | ≈1,200,000 est. | ≈1 in 179 | 7.2K | Martins | 257 |
| PT Portugal | #12 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 77 | listed | Martins | 245 |
| NG Nigeria | #920 | ≈83,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Martins | 86 |
| AO Angola | #17 | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 992 | — | Martins | 57 |
| FR France | — | ≈29,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | 3.3K | Martins | 4 |
| US United States | — | 11,751 | 1 in 28K | 13K | Martins | 376 |
| CH Switzerland | #77 | 6,559 | 1 in 1.3K | 6.6K | Martins | 94 |
| UY Uruguay | #155 | 3,819 | 1 in 887 | 3.8K | Martins | 46 |
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: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Martins is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, a surname originating as a patronymic
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, son of Martin
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
In German, Familienname zu Martin; zeigt die unverkürzte Martin-Form als Vergleichstyp. Bearerzahl: 744.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Genitivform zu Martin; starke Genitiv-Schreibung mit i/e- und ß-Varianten. 744 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Plate on vowel variation in Martins/Martens/Mertins/Mertens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Miguel Gustavob. 1922BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian journalist and musician
- António José Segurob. 1962PTnot in their usual namePresident of Portugal
- Corentin Martinsb. 1969FRFrench footballer and manager (born 1969)
- Pedro Martinsb. 1970PTPortuguese football player/manager
- Ricardob. 1976PTnot in their usual namePortuguese footballer and coach
- Sara Martinsb. 1977PTFrench actress
- Obafemi Martinsb. 1984NGNigerian footballer (born 1984)
- André Martinsb. 1990PTPortuguese footballer (born 1990)
- Bruno Martins Indib. 1992PTDutch association football player (born 1992)
- Gelson Martinsb. 1995CVPortuguese and Cape-Verdean association football player
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 74 sources across 38 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 13K | #2,696 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 12K | #3,050 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 9.1K | #3,602 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 6.6K | #65 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 3.8K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 3.3K | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Martins mean, and where does it come from?
- Portuguese; patronymic from the personal name Martim, vernacular form of Latin Martinus (see Martin). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Martins?
- A machine transcription gives /mɐɾtĩʃ/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- What are other forms of the name Martins?
- In the etymology graph, Martin, Martínez and Martino are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Martins have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 million people named Martins in Brazil, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled martins.
- How common is the name Martins?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,751 people named Martins in 2010, about 1 in 28 thousand residents.
- How common is Martins compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Martins is the 23rd most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Martins?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/martinsThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Martins” — the 23rd most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.