The Marti surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,860 people carried this name — #6,908 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,600 people counted. That is up 21% from 4,032 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Marti surname
A surname from Catalan.
Borrowed from Catalan Martí.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Martí» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
9,080 people named Marti live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 3,526 people named Marti 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 1,671 people named Marti.
578 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 76 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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 print
Marti in American newspapers,
1854–1902.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 145,927 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Marti,
with a public archive behind them.
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Manuel Martí Alonso d. 1962 · playwright
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Bertran Marti d. 1244
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Bernart Marti 1100– · troubadour
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Agostino Marti 1482–1543 · painter
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Agostino Marti 1482–1542 · painter
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Hans Melchior Marti 1633–1679
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Marti.
- Martello 2,334 · 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
- Martial 246 · U.S. census
- Marticorena 192 · U.S. census
- Martig 187 · U.S. census
- Martignoni 152 · U.S. census
- Martin 702,625 · U.S. census
- Martina 1,565 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Marti is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.
