The martins Surname

martins Name Meaning and History

Portuguese: patronymic from the personal name Martim, vernacular form of Latin Martinus (see Martin).
English and Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Martin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The martins name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the martins family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of martins Families in the US in 1920

Number of martins families

93-183

32-92

1-31

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Island of Hawaii, perhaps some on Oahu	Virginia Baptiste	1
Martins from Cornwall in the 1800's	Val Adams	12
C Franklin Martin from Georgia	lynlyn45	1
alfred stennell martin	Rofie	0
martin	sherry	0
Lou Martins	mary	0
Martins/Jennings	Calzadavickie	0
i am looking for info on Archie C. Martin and Golda/Goldie McKinney	raymond	0
Query	ginacmartins	0
philomenia martin	kerry_mules	0

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