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    The surname Martinsen

    A Danish surname, carried by 1,910 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M635

    Martinsen: #15,355 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Martinsen #15,355, 1,910 people Martinsen: #15,355 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Martinsen #15,355, 1,910 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Martinsen is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    Danish origin

    Borrowed from Danish Martinsen.

    One of 50 Danish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,910 people named Martinsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,647 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,590.

    #15,355
    rank among US surnames
    1,910
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,609)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,347McMiller1,911161,562
    #15,355Lisi1,910161,647
    #15,363Delany1,909161,732

    Who is named Martinsen

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

    95% of people named Martinsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Martinsen

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

    Other Danish surnames

    All 50 Danish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Martinsen come from?
    Borrowed from Danish Martinsen.
    How common is the surname Martinsen?
    1,910 people in the United States had the surname Martinsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,647 Americans. It ranked 15,355th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Martinsen?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Martinsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Martinsen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,910 in 2010, up 20%.