# Martens (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/martens/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,096 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,540 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,581 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (9,749 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Martens in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Martens in Belgium and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Martens

- Wilfried Martens, Belgian politician (1936–2013)
- Maarten Martens, Belgian association football player
- Maurice Martens, Belgian association football player
- Ludo Martens, Belgian activist (1946–2011)
- Ronny Martens, Belgian footballer
- Conrad Martens, British artist (1801-1878)
- Martin Martens, Belgian botanist and chemist (1797-1863)
- Sandy Martens, Belgian footballer
- Michel de Ghelderode, Belgian playwright (1898–1962)

## Similar surnames

Martinez, Martins, Martines, Mertens, Maertens, Martin, Martino, Mortensen, Martini, Martinson, Martindale, Martinelli.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.