Martinka
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Czech, Slovak, and Ukrainian; from a derivative of the personal name Martin
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˌmɑɹˈtɪŋkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Martinka is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Slovakia than in any other country.
- SKSlovakia1 in 6.3K(measured from records)
- CZCzechia1 in 31K
- PLPoland1 in 473K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Slovakia (measured from records)
- Sources
- 43 (measured from records)
- 1 in 6.3K (inferred from the name graph)
860 people, 1995
Highest-authority source
Slovakia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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, Slovak, and Ukrainian; from a derivative of the personal name Martin.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Martinka 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK Slovakia | #342 | 860 | 1 in 6.3K | 860 | Martinka | 43 |
| US United States | — | 468 | 1 in 711K | 468 | Martinka | 11 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 341 | 1 in 31K | 341 | Martinka | 33 |
| PL Poland | — | 81 | 1 in 473K | 44 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | — | 10 | 1 in 1M | 10 | — | — |
860 people counted by JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census), 1995. 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: JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Martinka 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 French, Diminutif/variante slave de Martina/Martin, du latin Martinus, lié à Mars; associé à saint Martin (11 nov.).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
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)
- Karol Martinkab. 1923SKCzechoslovak minister of finance of the Slovakia, minister of planning of the CR, vice prime minister of Slovakia, member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, economist, minister without portfolio and slovak nation politi
- Ivan Martinkab. 1972SKSlovak actor
- Jozef Martinkab. 1983scientist
- Lukas Martinkab. 1986SKice hockey player
- Ondřej Martinkab. 1987CZCzech ice hockey defenceman
- Michal Martinkaresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0003-1898-2244
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 24 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK Slovakia | JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census) | 1995 | 860 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 468 | #45,653 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 463 | #49,150 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 416 | #47,838 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 341 | #4,784 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 341 | #4,036 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 44 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 44 | #54,367 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 37 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 37 | #61,449 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 10 | #38,595 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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)
- 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
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 Martinka mean, and where does it come from?
- Czech, Slovak, and Ukrainian; from a derivative of the personal name Martin. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Martinka?
- A machine transcription gives /ˌmɑɹˈtɪŋkə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Martinka have the most bearers?
- In Slovakia, the national register counted about 860 people named Martinka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled martinka.
- Where is Martinka most common?
- Martinka is densest in Slovakia, where the national register counts about 1 in 6.3 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Martinka?
- In Slovakia, the national register counted 860 people named Martinka in 1995, about 1 in 6.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Martinka compared with other names?
- In Slovakia, Martinka is the 342nd most common surname of 69,668 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Martinka?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/martinkaThe 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, “Martinka” — the 342nd most common surname in Slovakia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.