Explore the Family Name Martorell

The meaning of Martorell

Catalan: habitational name from a place called Martorell in Barcelona province, Catalonia (Spain), from vulgar Latin marturetulum ‘little cemetery’, from martyrium ‘tomb’, originally ‘shrine of martyr’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Martorell has seen changes in its popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the rank of this surname was recorded as 56,826, and by 2010 it rose to 52,383, reflecting a positive change of 7.82%. The count of individuals bearing the surname also increased from 336 in 2000 to 396 in 2010, marking a significant increase of 17.86%. Additionally, the proportion of the Martorell surname per 100,000 people similarly saw an uptick, going from 0.12 in 2000 to 0.13 in 2010, a growth of 8.33%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,826	#52,383	7.82%
Count	336	396	17.86%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.13	8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Martorell

The ethnicity associated with the Martorell surname according to the Decennial U.S. Census data exhibits certain fluctuations between 2000 and 2010. While there were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native, the white and Hispanic categories showed notable changes. The percentage of individuals identifying as white dropped from 33.93% in 2000 to 24.24% in 2010, a decrease of -28.56%. Meanwhile, those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase from 65.18% in 2000 to 74.49% in 2010, a rise of 14.28%. No changes were reported for individuals identifying with two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	65.18%	74.49%	14.28%
White	33.93%	24.24%	-28.56%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%