How common is the surname Martinek?

1,800 people in the United States had the surname Martinek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,525 Americans. It ranked 16,087th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Martinek?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Martinek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Martinek getting more or less common?

More common. 1,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,800 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Martinek

A surname, carried by 1,800 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). Martinek is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,800 people named Martinek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,525 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,588.

#16,087

rank among US surnames

1,800

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+13.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,625)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,079	Wynkoop	1,801	171,430
#16,087	Shehan	1,800	171,525

Who is named Martinek

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

88% of people named Martinek identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Martinek

Martinek 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 Martinek?: 1,800 people in the United States had the surname Martinek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,525 Americans. It ranked 16,087th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Martinek?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Martinek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Martinek getting more or less common?: More common. 1,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,800 in 2010, up 13%.