Märtens Surname
Approximately 2,175 people bear this surname
Märtens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,127 | 1:37,849 | 5,000 |
| Denmark | 23 | 1:245,422 | 19,084 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Martens (90,372) are calculated separately.
Märtens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Märtens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Märtens occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Martens. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Märtens? popularity and diffusion
The surname Märtens is the 193,388th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 3,350,596 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Märtens reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Märtens is most common in Germany, where it is held by 2,127 people, or 1 in 37,849. In Germany Märtens is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 27 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent reside and Saxony-Anhalt, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Germany Märtens exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 1 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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
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