How common is the surname Martí?

4,860 people in the United States had the surname Martí in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,528 Americans. It ranked 6,908th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Martí?

In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Martí identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Martí?

Antoni Martí, 6th Prime Minister of Andorra (1963–2023), followed by Rudolf Marti.

Where is the surname Martí most common?

Wikidata records people named Martí in Andorra, Switzerland and Crown of Aragon.

Is the surname Martí getting more or less common?

More common. 4,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,860 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Martí

A Spanish surname, carried by 4,860 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Martí is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Martí.

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 4,860 people named Martí in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,528 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,032.

#6,908

rank among US surnames

4,860

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+20.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,604)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,899	Erazo	4,873	63,358
#6,900	Feaster	4,871	63,384
#6,903	Eades	4,870	63,397
#6,904	Heyward	4,867	63,437
#6,905	Jaworski	4,865	63,463
#6,906	Hom	4,863	63,489
#6,907	Eberhart	4,862	63,502

Who is named Martí

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

56% of people named Martí identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 56%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 39%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Martís

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Antoni Martí
6th Prime Minister of Andorra (1963–2023)
Rudolf Marti
Bobsledder, born 1950
Ramon Martí
13th-century Catalonian Dominican friar and theologian, 1215–1285

Notable Martís come mostly from Andorra (1), Switzerland (1) and Crown of Aragon (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Martí

Martí 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 Martí come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Martí.
How common is the surname Martí?: 4,860 people in the United States had the surname Martí in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,528 Americans. It ranked 6,908th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Martí?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Martí identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Martí?: Antoni Martí, 6th Prime Minister of Andorra (1963–2023), followed by Rudolf Marti.
Where is the surname Martí most common?: Wikidata records people named Martí in Andorra, Switzerland and Crown of Aragon.
Is the surname Martí getting more or less common?: More common. 4,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,860 in 2010, up 21%.