How common is the surname Martini?

7,612 people in the United States had the surname Martini in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,560 Americans. It ranked 4,658th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Martini?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Martini identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Martini?

Max Martini, American film, theater and television actor, writer and director (1969-), followed by Jandira Martini.

Where is the surname Martini most common?

Wikidata records people named Martini in the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Martini?

Martini is /mɑɹˈtini/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Martini getting more or less common?

More common. 6,988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,612 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname Martini

An Italian surname, carried by 7,612 people in the United States.

Pronounced /mɑɹˈtini/ 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). Martini is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Martini is an Italian name, and in the sense of vermouth is used by the Italian company Martini & Rossi. In the sense “cocktail with vermouth and either gin or vodka”, coined in America in the 19th or 20th century, for which various theories exist – perhaps named for the Italian brand of vermouth, perhaps after Martinez, California, perhaps after an Italian bartender of that name.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,612 people named Martini in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,560 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,988.

#4,658

rank among US surnames

7,612

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,640)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,654	Halsey	7,619	40,523
#4,656	Borja	7,618	40,528
#4,657	Sparrow	7,614	40,550
#4,658	Martini	7,612	40,560

Who is named Martini

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

90% of people named Martini identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Martinis

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Max Martini
American film, theater and television actor, writer and director (1969-)
Jandira Martini
Brazilian actress (1945–2024)
Stefanie Martini
British actress, born 1990
Tringe Smajl Martini
Albanian guerilla fighter, 1870–1917
Carlo Antonio Martini
Austrian jurist and author (1726-1800)
Ferdinand Martini
Actor (1870–1930)
Derick Martini
American screenwriter and director, born 1972
Steve Martini
American writer of legal novels, born 1946
Edi Martini
Albanian footballer, born 1975
Antonio Martini
Archbishop of Florence and Biblical scholar (1720-1809)

Notable Martinis come mostly from the United States (3), Brazil (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Martini

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Martini come from?: Martini is an Italian name, and in the sense of vermouth is used by the Italian company Martini & Rossi. In the sense “cocktail with vermouth and either gin or vodka”, coined in America in the 19th or 20th century, for which various theories exist – perhaps named for the Italian brand of vermouth,…
How common is the surname Martini?: 7,612 people in the United States had the surname Martini in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,560 Americans. It ranked 4,658th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Martini?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Martini identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Martini?: Max Martini, American film, theater and television actor, writer and director (1969-), followed by Jandira Martini.
Where is the surname Martini most common?: Wikidata records people named Martini in the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Martini?: Martini is /mɑɹˈtini/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Martini getting more or less common?: More common. 6,988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,612 in 2010, up 8.9%.