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

The Martelli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,943 people carried this name — #15,166 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 151,500 people counted. That is up 30% from 1,498 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 999 people named Martelli 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 586
City of Buenos Aires 152
Santa Fe 83
Córdoba 61
Mendoza 39
Salta 22
San Juan 16
Chubut 15

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 672 people named Martelli.

92 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Corsica.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 92
Corsica 246
Bouches-du-Rhône 95
Alpes-Maritimes 55
Var 53
Rhône 24
Paris 20
Vaucluse 9
Moselle 8

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

157 people named Martelli live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 44
Zurich 31
Ticino 29
St. Gallen 17
Valais 5
Lucerne 5
Graubünden 4
Geneva 4

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 Martelli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Franco Martelli
    Franco Martelli d. 1944 · partisan
  • Lodovico Martelli
    Lodovico Martelli 1500–1520 · writer
  • Braccio Martelli
    Braccio Martelli 1501–1560 · Catholic bishop
  • Hugolin Martelli
    Hugolin Martelli 1519–1592 · bishop
  • Tommaso Martelli d. 1608 · architect
  • Francesco Martelli d. 1578 · Catholic priest

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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