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The Marte surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,867 people carried this name — #4,007 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,200 people counted. That is up 46% from 6,090 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Marte surname

Borrowed from Spanish Marte. This surname is mostly found in the Dominican Republic.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Marte» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

207 people named Marte live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.

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Where they live today

St. Gallen 41
Zurich 38
Geneva 31
Bern 22
Thurgau 21
Aargau 16
Ticino 9
Solothurn 6

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.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 178 people named Marte live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 74
City of Buenos Aires 58
Neuquén 16
Córdoba 10
Río Negro 10
Santa Fe 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Marte.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Bouches-du-Rhône 15
Nord 15
Var 8
Hautes-Alpes 1
Alpes-Maritimes 1
Loiret 1
Pyrénées-Orientales 1
Yvelines 1

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

Who carried it

People named Marte,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hans Marte
    Hans Marte 1935– · jurist
  • Josef Marte 1887–1970 · politician
  • Margit Marte 1954–
  • Monika Ritsch-Marte 1961– · physicist
  • Jesús Castro Marte 1966– · Catholic priest
  • Sabine Marte 1967– · artist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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