The Martinelli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,099 people carried this name — #6,640 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,895 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,225 people named Martinelli 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
1,097 people named Martinelli live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 944 people named Martinelli.
275 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 89 people named Martinelli 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.
In the Nordic population registers
20 people named Martinelli is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Martinelli in American newspapers,
1896–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,169 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Martinelli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Biagio da Cesena 1463–1544 · presbyter -
Tristano Martinelli 1557–1630 · theatre manager -
Domenico Martinelli 1650–1718 · priest -
Tommaso Martinelli 1827–1888 · Catholic priest -
Ludwig Martinelli 1832–1913 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 233 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Martinelli.
- Martina 1,565 · U.S. census
- Martinage 100 · U.S. census
- Martinat 101 · U.S. census
- Martine 2,227 · U.S. census
- Martineau 5,006 · U.S. census
- Martinel 157 · U.S. census
- Martinello 118 · U.S. census
- Martines 9,363 · U.S. census
- Martinet 328 · U.S. census
- Martinetti 307 · U.S. census
- Martinez 1,060,159 · U.S. census
- Martinho 417 · U.S. census
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