Martineau Surname

16,781st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Canada

Martineau Surname Definition:

(French) = Martin (q.v. in Dict.) + the French diminutive suff. -eau, earlier -el [Latin -ell-us]

Martineau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France15,2371:4,359341
Canada10,0861:3,653479
United States6,3951:56,6786,751
Haiti3701:28,8752,117
England2621:212,66418,215
Trinidad and Tobago801:17,0502,088
Venezuela741:408,1638,379
Chile661:266,9167,921
Germany481:1,677,19797,745
Thailand421:1,681,865216,672
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
French Polynesia311:9,0581,949
Switzerland291:283,20422,806
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Belgium281:410,59442,948
Spain251:1,870,08151,392
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Grenada231:4,719595
Panama221:177,8305,396
Guam211:7,6251,143
Mexico201:6,206,31032,158
Ecuador191:837,15013,424
Scotland191:281,78013,396
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Wales101:309,45316,869
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Anguilla11:13,436792
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1131:215,71116,668
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2521:199,28017,365

Martineau (164) may also be a first name.

Martineau Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French) = Martin (q.v. in Dict.) + the French diminutive suff. -eau, earlier -el [Latin -ell-us]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(French) Descendant of little Martin (belonging to Mars, the god of war).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From the Italian Martino. Talbot's English Etymol. But this is doubtful. The family were settled at Norwich in the reign of Elizabeth.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the French, Martiny, Martinais, Martinant, Martinet; personal name From Martigne; a location name. of Ille and Vilaine, France.

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

Martineau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Martineau (Arabic: مارتينيو) is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Martineau.

How Common Is The Last Name Martineau? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 16,781st most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,161 people. The last name Martineau is predominantly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Martineau are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 46 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 715,247th most common given name worldwide, borne by 164 people.

The last name is most common in France, where it is borne by 15,237 people, or 1 in 4,359. In France it is most prevalent in: Pays de la Loire, where 41 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 18 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 13 percent reside. Apart from France this last name occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 30 percent reside and The United States, where 19 percent reside.

Martineau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Martineau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Martineau surname rose 2,538 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 232 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Martineau Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Martineau last name are 3.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.25% registered with the political party.

The amount Martineau earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.26% more than the national average, earning $45,849 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.42% less than the national average, earning $42,520 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Martineau Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Martineau in the Arabic language
مارتينيوmartynyw-

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