Martinaj
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname originating as a patronymic
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/mɑrtˈina͡ɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Martinaj is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kosovo than in any other country.
- XKKosovo≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- HRCroatia1 in 90K
- SISlovenia1 in 175K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Kosovo (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 36 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
≈160 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Kosovo, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a surname originating as a patronymic
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Martinaj counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XK Kosovo | #761 | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Martinaj | 3 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 620K | — | Martinaj | 5 |
| HR Croatia | — | 47 | 1 in 90K | 47 | Martinaj | 16 |
| US United States | — | ≈35 est. | ≈1 in 9.5M | listed | Martinaj | 36 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 2.5M | — | Martinaj | 14 |
| RS Serbia | — | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 216K | — | Martinaj | 9 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 12 | 1 in 175K | 12 | Martinaj | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 47 | #13,863 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 46 | — |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 12 | #17,855 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Martinaj mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname originating as a patronymic Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Martinaj?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑrtˈina͡ɪ/ (IPA) for Albanian.
- In which country does Martinaj have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 158 people named Martinaj in Kosovo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled martinaj.
- How common is the name Martinaj?
- In Croatia, the national register counted 47 people named Martinaj in 2021, about 1 in 90 thousand residents.
- How common is Martinaj compared with other names?
- In Kosovo, Martinaj is the 761st most common surname of 4,329 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/martinajThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Martinaj” — the 761st most common surname in Kosovo. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.