The Martell surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,158 people carried this name — #3,234 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,500 people counted. That is up 17% from 9,568 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 354 people named Martell 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 mapWhere they live today
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 57 people named Martell.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Gard.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
261 people named Martell is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Martell in American newspapers,
1901–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,038 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Martell,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Martell 1694–1753 · entrepreneur -
Carlos Mardel 1695–1763 · architect -
Carlos Mardel 1695–1763 · architect
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Théodore Martell 1784–1860 · politician -
Joan Martell Domènech 1808–1867 · military personnel -
Pere Martell 1181–1244 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Martell.
- Marsili 381 · U.S. census
- Marson 1,616 · U.S. census
- Marszalek 958 · U.S. census
- Marta 1,203 · U.S. census
- Marte 8,867 · U.S. census
- Martel 9,056 · U.S. census
- Martella 976 · U.S. census
- Martelle 427 · U.S. census
- Martelli 1,943 · U.S. census
- Martello 2,334 · U.S. census
- Martens 10,096 · U.S. census
- Marter 563 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Martell is.
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