The Martinet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 328 people carried this name — #61,297 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 10% from 298 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,774 people named Martinet.
126 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
472 people named Martinet live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 199 people named Martinet 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 Santa Fe.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 116 people named Martinet 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.
Who carried it
People named Martinet,
with a public archive behind them.
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Julián de San Agustín 1553–1606 · friar -
Johannes Florentius Martinet 1729–1795 · naturalist -
Louis-François Martinet 1753–1836 · politician -
Jean Martinet 1650–1649 · architect
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Olivier Martinet 1650– · architect
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Jean-Jacques Martinet 1680–1760 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Martinet.
- Martine 2,227 · U.S. census
- Martineau 5,006 · U.S. census
- Martinel 157 · U.S. census
- Martinelli 5,099 · U.S. census
- Martinello 118 · U.S. census
- Martines 9,363 · U.S. census
- Martinetti 307 · U.S. census
- Martinez 1,060,159 · U.S. census
- Martinho 417 · U.S. census
- Martini 7,612 · U.S. census
- Martinie 338 · U.S. census
- Martinis 149 · U.S. census
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