Martinez

Martinez is the 10th most common surname in the United States, shared by 1,039,848 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 287.

By the numbers

People: 1,039,848
Rank: 10th
How common: 1 in 287
Per 100,000: 347.9

Where the name comes from

Origin Spanish

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Martinez described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Hispanic or Latino 92.1%
White, not Hispanic 5.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
Black, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Martinez

Isabel Martínez de Perón (born 1931)first female president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976
Emiliano Martínez (born 1992)Argentine footballer
Lautaro Martínez (born 1997)Argentine association football player
Javi Martínez (born 1988)Spanish footballer
Roberto Martínez (born 1973)Spanish association football coach
Melanie Martinez (born 1995)Mexican-American singer-songwriter
Lisandro Martínez (born 1998)Argentine association football player
Conchita Martínez (born 1972)Spanish tennis player

People named Martinez with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Martinez

Also a first name

Martinez has been given to 1,161 American babies as a first name since 1941, peaking in 1990. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.