Martindale Surname

35,301st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,974 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Martindale Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Martindale,' in Cumberland Markindale was an early corruption, as the reference below fully proves; v. Markendale.

1475. Katerina Martyngdale, Yorkshire:: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

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Martindale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,4971:38,1664,711
England3,3191:16,7882,432
Canada9141:40,3125,028
Australia4241:63,6697,638
Scotland1871:28,6303,007
Barbados1511:1,904360
New Zealand1011:44,8357,402
South Africa881:615,65646,403
Guyana861:8,8631,398
Wales511:60,6775,433
France301:2,214,091176,965
Jamaica281:102,4984,206
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Trinidad and Tobago111:123,9987,543
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Panama51:782,45211,059
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines41:28,1651,050
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
China31:455,773,85521,925
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Dominica11:75,891912
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Malta11:430,2723,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,6961:14,3722,146
Scotland221:170,1466,794
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6351:30,7153,707

Martindale (38) may also be a first name.

Martindale Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Martindale,' in Cumberland Markindale was an early corruption, as the reference below fully proves; v. Markendale.

1475. Katerina Martyngdale, Yorkshire:: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

1476. John Markyngdale, Yorkshire: ibid.

Robert Martinndall, of the Grainge, in Cartmell, 1581: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

John Martyndall, 1500: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Martindale, for Martondale: v. Marton, and + Old English dæl.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A chapelry of Barton, co. Westmoreland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Lincolnshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Martindale is the name of an old Cumberland family dating back to the 14th century, and holding much property in that shire up to the 17th century and later (F.). An ecclesiastical district in Westmoreland is thus called.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

(Anglo-Norse + Latin) The one who came from Martindale now in Cumbria; this place name has two elements Martin coming from the Latin name Martinus meaning Martian warrior and Dale the Anglo-Norse word for valley. So it basically means Martin's valley.

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Martindale Last Name Facts

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

The last name Martindale is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Martindale? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 35,301st most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 486,680 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Martindale are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Martindale is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 38 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 9,497 people, or 1 in 38,166. In The United States Martindale is most common in: Texas, where 13 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and New York, where 5 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Martindale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Martindale has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Martindale surname rose 581 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 196 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 850 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 5,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Martindale Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Martindale last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Martindale surname are 13.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.2% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Martindale earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 22.01% more than the national average, earning R 289,944 per year; in United States they earn 0.78% more than the national average, earning $43,485 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.16% more than the national average, earning $50,757 CAD per year.

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