How common is the surname Martorana?

1,244 people in the United States had the surname Martorana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,188 Americans. It ranked 21,105th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Martorana?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Martorana identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Martorana getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,253 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,244 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Martorana

An Italian surname, carried by 1,244 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Martorana is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Martorana.

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 1,244 people named Martorana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,188 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,253.

#21,105

rank among US surnames

1,244

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #19,852)

Who is named Martorana

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

94% of people named Martorana identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
Two or more races 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Martorana

Martorana has the Soundex code M636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M636.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Martorana come from?: Borrowed from Italian Martorana.
How common is the surname Martorana?: 1,244 people in the United States had the surname Martorana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,188 Americans. It ranked 21,105th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Martorana?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Martorana identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Martorana getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,253 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,244 in 2010, down 0.7%.