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    The surname Maertens

    A German surname, carried by 522 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M635

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maertens is more common than 74.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Märtens.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 522 people named Maertens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 591,467 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 486.

    #41,657
    rank among US surnames
    522
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #42,056)

    Who is named Maertens

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    89% of people named Maertens identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Maertenss

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Freddy Maertens
      Belgian cyclist, born 1952
    • Bob Maertens
      Belgian footballer (1930-2003)
    • Birger Maertens
      Belgian footballer, born 1980
    • Mathieu Maertens
      Belgian Footballer, born 1995

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Maertens

    Maertens has the Soundex code M635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M635.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Maertens come from?
    Borrowed from German Märtens.
    How common is the surname Maertens?
    522 people in the United States had the surname Maertens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 591,467 Americans. It ranked 41,657th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maertens?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Maertens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Maertens?
    Freddy Maertens, Belgian cyclist, followed by Bob Maertens.
    Where is the surname Maertens most common?
    Wikidata records people named Maertens in Belgium.
    Is the surname Maertens getting more or less common?
    More common. 486 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 522 in 2010, up 7.4%.