How common is the surname Martindale?

6,962 people in the United States had the surname Martindale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,347 Americans. It ranked 5,040th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Martindale?

Margo Martindale, American actress, followed by Wink Martindale.

Where is the surname Martindale most common?

Wikidata records people named Martindale in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Martindale getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,962 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Martindale

A surname, carried by 6,962 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Martindale is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,962 people named Martindale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,347 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,970.

#5,040

rank among US surnames

6,962

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,651)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,031	Barcenas	6,979	44,239
#5,032	Smithson	6,978	44,246
#5,033	Musick	6,972	44,284
#5,034	Bastian	6,967	44,315
#5,035	Qureshi	6,966	44,322
#5,036	Monteiro	6,965	44,328
#5,037	Jessup	6,964	44,335

Who is named Martindale

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

87% of people named Martindale identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Martindales

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margo Martindale
American actress, born 1951
Wink Martindale
American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host, and television producer, 1933–2025
John Robert Martindale
British classical historian (born 1935)
John H. Martindale
American officer and lawyer (1815-1881)

Notable Martindales come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Martindale

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

Questions

How common is the surname Martindale?: 6,962 people in the United States had the surname Martindale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,347 Americans. It ranked 5,040th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Martindale?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Martindale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Martindale?: Margo Martindale, American actress, followed by Wink Martindale.
Where is the surname Martindale most common?: Wikidata records people named Martindale in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Martindale getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,962 in 2010, down 0.1%.