Mårtén Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Mårtén Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mårtén Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden421:234,44716,276
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Mårten (55) & Mårtèn (1) are calculated separately.

Mårtén Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mårtén is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Mårten or Mårtèn. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mårtén? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mårtén is the 2,979,664th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Mårtén occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Mårtén live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 234,447. In Sweden Mårtén is most numerous in: Västmanland County, where 29 percent live, Jämtland County, where 24 percent live and Stockholm County, where 21 percent live. Other than Sweden it occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mårten9455/
Mårtèn941/
Mårthén922/
Mårthen772/
Mrtin7365/
Mrten731/
Mrtín731/
Mrtint671/
Mrting671/
Mrtynova576/
Mrtem551/
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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 Mårtén
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