Martinas

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Iš krikšto vardo Martynas

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

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

Martinas is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • RORomania≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ITItaly≈1 in 222K
  • ESSpain1 in 323K

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.

Romania (inferred from the name graph)

≈990 people, est.

Sources
23 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)

Romania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Iš krikšto vardo Martynas

Sources 1

  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Martinas 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 Martinas is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RO Romania≈990 est.≈1 in 22K—Martinas16
IT Italy≈280 est.≈1 in 222K—Martinas4
US United States1761 in 1.9M196Martinas23
ES Spain1551 in 323K155Martinas10
BR Brazil931 in 2.3M93Martinas13
SE Sweden61 in 1.7M6—2
NO Norway≈3 est.≈1 in 1.8M44——

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)

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

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Romania

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Mărtinas, Martinaș

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium

    Also written Mărtinaș

  • Romanian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain

    Also written Mărtinaș, Martinaș, Mãrtinaș

  • Croatian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Italy, Romania

    Languages: Croatian, Slovenian

    Also written Martinaš, Мартинас, Mărtinaş

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Martinaş, Martinaș, Mărtinaș

24 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Martinas is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latin, accusative plural of Mārtīna

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

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)

FormalDear Mr Martinas,
InformalHi Martinas,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Martinas
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000196#88,083
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020190#101,282
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010176#102,197
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—155#20,112
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—155#19,998
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—93#66,867
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—6#49,494
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

  • Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

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 Martinas mean, and where does it come from?
Iš krikšto vardo Martynas Recorded by Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames).
How do you pronounce Martinas?
A machine transcription gives /mɑɹtinəz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Martinas have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 985 people named Martinas in Romania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled martinas.
How common is the name Martinas?
In the United States, the national register counted 176 people named Martinas in 2010, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.

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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, “Martinas”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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