The Martial surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 246 people carried this name — #77,788 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 32% from 187 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,726 people named Martial.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 départements, most often Dordogne.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 32 people named Martial 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 Liège.
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.
In print
Martial in American newspapers,
1800–1829.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 450,885 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Martial,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis-Ferdinand Martial 1836–1885 · explorer
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René Martial 1873–1955 · physician
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Armand Martial 1884–1960 · teacher
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Jean-François Martial 1891–1977 · actor
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Lucien Martial 1892–1987 · teacher
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Iréna Martial 1909–2022 · supercentenarian
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Martial.
- 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
- 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
- Martinage 100 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Martial is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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