Martyrs Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Qatar

Martyrs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Martyrs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Martyrs (31) may also be a first name.

Martyrs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Martyrs has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Martyrs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Martyrs is the 4,034,050th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Martyrs live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Martyrs is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 31 people.

The surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 6,096,641. Aside from Ethiopia this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Marthyrs931/
Marters8632/
Martirs861/
Marthers80243/
Marterse801/
Marteirs800/
Martiers800/
Morters7183/
Mortiers67139/
Morthers670/

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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 Martyrs
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