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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.

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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 map

Where they live today

Bern 2,822
Zurich 1,156
Lucerne 828
Solothurn 775
Aargau 650
Glarus 371
Vaud 321
Basel-Landschaft 291

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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,554
City of Buenos Aires 373
Santa Fe 366
Córdoba 299
Mendoza 266
San Juan 155
Tucumán 99
Neuquén 67

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 map

Where they were born

Born outside France 578
Pyrénées-Orientales 188
Hérault 98
Paris 78
Aude 71
Bouches-du-Rhône 63
Rhône 50
Essonne 45
Haute-Garonne 36

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.

Newspaper page from Southern Sentinel carrying the name Marti
Southern Sentinel 1854-09-02
Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Marti
Le Messager 1902-07-29
Newspaper page from Eastern Times carrying the name Marti
Eastern Times 1854-09-21

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.

  • Manuel Martí Alonso d. 1962 · playwright
  • Bertran Marti d. 1244
  • Bernart Marti 1100– · troubadour
  • Agostino Marti 1482–1543 · painter
  • Agostino Marti 1482–1542 · painter
  • Hans Melchior Marti 1633–1679

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

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.

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