Martern Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Martern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Martern Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Martern Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Martern Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Martern is found most in Germany. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Martern? popularity and diffusion

The surname Martern is the 4,908,606th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Martern reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 8,050,546. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 70 percent live, Bavaria, where 10 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent live. Besides Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 25 percent live and Malawi, where 6 percent live.

Martern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Martern has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Marterne932/
Marthern931/
Marterina886/
Martherne881/
Mortern861/
Martarn860/
Martirn860/
Martiren80173/
Martirin8026/
Marterim803/
Martirén803/
Morthern801/
Martorin801/
Morteirin751/
Mortorn710/
Mahaarthorn6711/
Morttorn670/
Morthorn670/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Martern
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