Martinsen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname originating as a patronymic
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/mɑɹˈtɪnsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Martinsen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Norway than in any other country, where it is the 33rd most common surname.
- NONorway1 in 338(measured from records)
- DKDenmark1 in 5K
- USUnited States1 in 174K
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.
- Norway (measured from records)
- Sources
- 181 (measured from records)
- 1 in 338 (inferred from the name graph)
16,174 people
Highest-authority source
Norway
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a surname originating as a patronymic
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Martinsen 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | #33 | 16,174 | 1 in 338 | 16K | Martinsen | 112 |
| CN China | — | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 161K | — | Martinsen | 4 |
| US United States | — | 1,910 | 1 in 174K | 1.9K | Martinsen | 181 |
| DK Denmark | #490 | 1,176 | 1 in 5K | 1.2K | Martinsen | 75 |
| GH Ghana | — | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 49K | — | Martinsen | 5 |
| SE Sweden | — | 237 | 1 in 43K | 237 | Martinsen | 28 |
| GL Greenland | #214 | 111 | 1 in 519 | 111 | Martinsen | 4 |
16,174 people counted by SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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: SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Statistics Greenland — Surnames (NAXT1). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gustav Martinsenb. 1843NONorwegian politician (1843-1920)
- Petter Martinsenb. 1887NOgymnast (1887–1972)
- Knud Børge Martinsenb. 1905DKSS Danish Officer
- Alf Martinsenb. 1911NONorwegian footballer (1911-1988)
- Odd Martinsenb. 1942NONorwegian cross-country skier
- Kari Martinsenb. 1943NONorwegian professor
- Mental Overdriveb. 1966NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian musician
- Siri Martinsenb. 1977NONorwegian politician
- Andreas Martinsenb. 1990NONorwegian ice hockey player
- Joel MartinsenCNtranslator
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 22 sources across 13 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Martinsen 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 Martinsen?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑɹˈtɪnsən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Martinsen have the most bearers?
- In Norway, the national register counted about 16 thousand people named Martinsen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled martinsen.
- Where is Martinsen most common?
- Martinsen is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 338 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Martinsen?
- In Norway, the national register counted 16,174 people named Martinsen, about 1 in 338 residents.
- How common is Martinsen compared with other names?
- In Norway, Martinsen is the 33rd most common surname of 90,139 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/martinsenThe 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, “Martinsen” — the 33rd most common surname in Norway. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.