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.
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 mapWhere they were born
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 mapWhere they live today
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
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.
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Amand Maerten 1829–1892 · composer
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Hugo Maerten 1953– · actor
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Nadine Maerten 1953– · basketball player
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Jean-Luc Maerten 1955– · politician
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Didier Maerten 1955– · politician
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Marie-Bernard Maerten 1958– · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maerten.
- Madre 118 · U.S. census
- Madrid 25,854 · U.S. census
- Madru 145 · U.S. census
- Madry 987 · U.S. census
- Mady 426 · U.S. census
- Maeder 976 · U.S. census
- Maertens 522 · U.S. census
- Maes 6,033 · U.S. census
- Maestre 746 · U.S. census
- Maestri 657 · U.S. census
- Maestro 200 · U.S. census
- Maffei 2,187 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Maerten is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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