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    The surname Marte

    A Spanish surname, carried by 8,867 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M630

    Marte: #4,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Marte #4,007, 8,867 people Marte: #4,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Marte #4,007, 8,867 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marte is more common than 97.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Marte. This surname is mostly found in the Dominican Republic.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,867 people named Marte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,820 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,090.

    #4,007
    rank among US surnames
    8,867
    people in 2010
    3.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +45.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,261)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,004Grabowski8,87734,780
    #4,005Vickery8,87434,792
    #4,006Loy8,86834,816
    #4,007Marte8,86734,820

    Who is named Marte

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

    88% of people named Marte identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Martes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Starling Marte
      Baseball player, born 1988
    • Dámaso Marte
      Baseball player, born 1975

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Marte

    Marte has the Soundex code M630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M630.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Marte come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Marte. This surname is mostly found in the Dominican Republic.
    How common is the surname Marte?
    8,867 people in the United States had the surname Marte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,820 Americans. It ranked 4,007th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Marte?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Marte identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Marte?
    Starling Marte, baseball player, followed by Dámaso Marte.
    Where is the surname Marte most common?
    Wikidata records people named Marte in the Dominican Republic.
    Is the surname Marte getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,090 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,867 in 2010, up 46%.