San Martín Surname

565,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 559 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Chile

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.

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San Martín Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain2071:225,85514,954
Chile1561:112,9264,135
Argentina661:647,62745,225
Peru361:882,89218,060
Mexico361:3,447,95024,458
Uruguay161:214,48516,699
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Paraguay31:2,412,24913,111
England31:18,572,686338,250
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
France11:66,422,722504,397

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.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
San Martin9776,731/
San Martìn978/
San Martn95480/
San-Martín903/
San Martñn901/
San Martinn865/
San Marting863/
San Martind861/
San-Martin808,359/
San Martim8073/

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