The Martel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,362 people carried this name — #3,908 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 8,312 people named Martel.
109 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
130 people named Martel live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 43 people named Martel 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 Flemish Brabant.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Martel in American newspapers,
1862–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 60,677 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Martel,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Martel 1690–1730 · privateer -
Louis Joseph Martel 1813–1892 · judge -
Mademoiselle Nathalie 1816–1885 · actor -
Nellie Martel 1855–1940 · politician -
Tancrède Martel 1856–1928 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 208 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Martel.
- Marshall 177,213 · U.S. census
- Marsili 380 · U.S. census
- Marson 1,558 · U.S. census
- Marszalek 931 · U.S. census
- Marta 1,070 · U.S. census
- Marte 6,090 · U.S. census
- Martell 9,568 · U.S. census
- Martella 959 · U.S. census
- Martelle 482 · U.S. census
- Martelli 1,498 · U.S. census
- Martello 2,196 · U.S. census
- Martens 9,749 · U.S. census
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