San Martín Surname
Approximately 559 people bear this surname
San Martín Surname Definition:
One who came from San Martín (St. Martin), the name of several places in Spain.
Ancient surname found in Vizcaya and Bilbao. Also in Burgos, Santander, Navarre, Guipúzcoa, and name of over 50 Spanish villages. Martín (see), and Martínez (see), honor this saint, but the proper name Martín is much older than the saint.
Read More About This SurnameSan Martín Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 207 | 1:225,855 | 14,954 |
| Chile | 156 | 1:112,926 | 4,135 |
| Argentina | 66 | 1:647,627 | 45,225 |
| Peru | 36 | 1:882,892 | 18,060 |
| Mexico | 36 | 1:3,447,950 | 24,458 |
| Uruguay | 16 | 1:214,485 | 16,699 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: San Martin (76,731) & San Martìn (8) are calculated separately.
San Martín Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One who came from San Martín (St. Martin), the name of several places in Spain.
Ancient surname found in Vizcaya and Bilbao. Also in Burgos, Santander, Navarre, Guipúzcoa, and name of over 50 Spanish villages. Martín (see), and Martínez (see), honor this saint, but the proper name Martín is much older than the saint.
"Martín" refers to a warlike man and is also from a latin word meaning kingfisher.
Catalan name.
San Martín Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name San Martín Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name San Martín is more commonly found in Spain than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: San Martin or San Martìn. Click here for further possible spellings of San Martín.
How Common Is The Last Name San Martín? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 565,867th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,036,755 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of San Martín live; 51 percent live in South America and 43 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 207 people, or 1 in 225,855. In Spain San Martín is most common in: Madrid, where 31 percent reside, Basque Country, where 14 percent reside and Navarre, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Spain this last name exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in Chile, where 28 percent reside and Argentina, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Martin | 97 | 76,731 | / |
| San Martìn | 97 | 8 | / |
| San Martn | 95 | 480 | / |
| San-Martín | 90 | 3 | / |
| San Martñn | 90 | 1 | / |
| San Martinn | 86 | 5 | / |
| San Marting | 86 | 3 | / |
| San Martind | 86 | 1 | / |
| San-Martin | 80 | 8,359 | / |
| San Martim | 80 | 73 | / |
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