Martin's Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Martin's Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Martin's Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin151:689,04039,432
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
France31:22,140,907385,998
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Martin's Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Martin's Come From? nationality or country of origin

Martin's is found most frequently in Benin. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Martin's? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,665,662nd most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Martin's are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 689,040. In Benin Martin's is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 47 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 33 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 13 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 24 percent are found and France, where 10 percent are found.

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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 Martin's
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