How common is the surname Martineau?

5,006 people in the United States had the surname Martineau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,675 Americans. It ranked 6,737th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Martineau?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Martineau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Martineau getting more or less common?

More common. 4,425 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,006 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Martineau

A French surname, carried by 5,006 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). Martineau is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Martineau.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,006 people named Martineau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,675 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,425.

#6,737

rank among US surnames

5,006

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+13.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,985)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,733	Gottschalk	5,010	61,626
#6,735	Dinsmore	5,008	61,650
#6,736	Gerhardt	5,007	61,663
#6,737	McShane	5,006	61,675
#6,739	Torrey	5,004	61,700

Who is named Martineau

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

88% of people named Martineau identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Two or more races 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Martineau

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Martineau come from?: Borrowed from French Martineau.
How common is the surname Martineau?: 5,006 people in the United States had the surname Martineau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,675 Americans. It ranked 6,737th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Martineau?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Martineau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Martineau getting more or less common?: More common. 4,425 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,006 in 2010, up 13%.