The Martens surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,096 people carried this name — #3,540 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 9,749 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 10,209 people named Martens 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 East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 421 people named Martens.
79 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Nord.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 354 people named Martens 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
233 people named Martens live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Poland’s population register
130 people named Martens have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 219 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Podlaskie.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
686 people named Martens are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Martens in American newspapers,
1909–1954.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 151,874 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Martens,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dirk Martens 1446–1534 · printer -
Mayken Baccher 1565–1612 · art collector -
Carel Martens 1602–1649 -
Jacob Martens 1636–1693 · art collector -
Georg Friedrich von Martens 1756–1821 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 194 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Martens.
- 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
- Martello 2,334 · 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
- Martial 246 · U.S. census
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