The Martello surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,334 people carried this name — #13,127 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 126,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 2,196 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 383 people named Martello 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 120 people named Martello.
Most of them — 62 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
94 people named Martello live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 27 people named Martello 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 Hainaut.
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.
Who carried it
People named Martello,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pier Jacopo Martello 1665–1727 · poet -
Tullio Martello 1841–1918 · economist
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Vittoria Martello 1923–2016 · actor
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Leo Martello 1930–2000 · writer
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Silvano Martello 1948– · scientist
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Floriano Martello 1952– · speed skater
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Martello.
- Marte 8,867 · U.S. census
- Martel 9,056 · U.S. census
- Martell 11,158 · U.S. census
- Martella 976 · U.S. census
- Martelle 427 · U.S. census
- Martelli 1,943 · U.S. census
- Martens 10,096 · U.S. census
- Marter 563 · U.S. census
- Marth 1,413 · U.S. census
- Marthe 162 · U.S. census
- Marthey 131 · U.S. census
- Marti 4,860 · U.S. census
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