Maerten surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Maerten surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 110 people carried this name — #149,395 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 7% from 118 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 794 people named Maerten.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Nord 535
Pas-de-Calais 131
Paris 33
Aube 15
Maine-et-Loire 9
Bouches-du-Rhône 9
Yvelines 7
Somme 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 370 people named Maerten live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

West Flanders 256
Hainaut 32
Antwerp 29
East Flanders 25
Flemish Brabant 18
Luxembourg Province 5
Namur 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

35 people named Maerten live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 16
Vaud 9
Zurich 4
Aargau 3
St. Gallen 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Maerten,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Amand Maerten 1829–1892 · composer
  • Hugo Maerten 1953– · actor
  • Nadine Maerten 1953– · basketball player
  • Jean-Luc Maerten 1955– · politician
  • Didier Maerten 1955– · politician
  • Marie-Bernard Maerten 1958– · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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