How common is the surname Martel?

9,056 people in the United States had the surname Martel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,093 Americans. It ranked 3,925th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Martel?

In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Martel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Martel?

Lucrecia Martel, Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, followed by Arlene Martel.

Where is the surname Martel most common?

Wikidata records people named Martel in the United States, Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Martel getting more or less common?

More common. 8,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,056 in 2010, up 8.3%.

The surname Martel

A surname, carried by 9,056 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M634

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Martel is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,056 people named Martel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,093 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,362.

#3,925

rank among US surnames

9,056

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+8.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,908)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,917	Kovacs	9,072	34,033
#3,918	Davey	9,071	34,037
#3,919	Redden	9,067	34,052
#3,920	Goad	9,062	34,070
#3,922	Lazaro	9,061	34,074
#3,923	Erb	9,060	34,078
#3,924	Putman	9,058	34,085

Who is named Martel

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

76% of people named Martel identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 18%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Martels

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lucrecia Martel
Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, born 1966
Arlene Martel
American writer, actress and acting coach (1936–2014)
Nellie Martel
Australian suffragist (1855–1940)
June Martel
American actress and singer (1909-1978)

Notable Martels come mostly from the United States (2), Argentina (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Martel

Martel has the Soundex code M634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M634.

Questions

How common is the surname Martel?: 9,056 people in the United States had the surname Martel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,093 Americans. It ranked 3,925th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Martel?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Martel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Martel?: Lucrecia Martel, Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, followed by Arlene Martel.
Where is the surname Martel most common?: Wikidata records people named Martel in the United States, Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Martel getting more or less common?: More common. 8,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,056 in 2010, up 8.3%.