Explore the Family Name Martinz

The meaning of Martinz

1. Portuguese: variant of Martins. 2. Germanized form of Slovenian Martinc or of its variant Martinec.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Martinz in the United States?

The surname Martinz has seen an increase in popularity over the years based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it was ranked 61,058th, but by 2010 it had jumped to a rank of 46,219th, a significant change of 24.3%. The count of people with this surname also increased during this time period from 308 to 461, marking a growth rate of nearly 50%. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people also showed an upward trend, moving from 0.11 in 2000 to 0.16 in 2010, indicating a 45.45% increase.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#61,058	#46,219	24.3%
Count	308	461	49.68%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.16	45.45%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Martinz

When looking at the ethnic identity associated with the surname Martinz, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, there are some noticeable shifts between 2000 and 2010. While the Hispanic ethnicity dominates with 76.3% in 2000 and increasing to 77.66% in 2010, the White ethnicity sees a slight decrease from 20.13% to 19.74%. The Black component within this surname's ethnic identity shows a substantial decrease from 2.92% to 1.08%. Interestingly, there's a new entry in 2010 for the Asian/Pacific Islander category with 1.52%, while no data was recorded for this group in 2000. The proportions for those identifying as Two or more races and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at zero for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	76.3%	77.66%	1.78%
White	20.13%	19.74%	-1.94%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.52%	0%
Black	2.92%	1.08%	-63.01%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%