Find out how popular the last name Martínez-Romero is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Martínez-Romero.

Martínez-Romero, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Martínez-Romero surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Martínez-Romero in America

Martínez-Romero is the 99845th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Martínez-Romero surname appeared 181 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Martínez-Romero.

The history of the last name Martínez-Romero

The surname MARTINEZROMERO is a double-barreled Spanish surname that originated in Spain during the medieval period. The first component, Martinez, is a patronymic name derived from the given name Martin, which itself is derived from the Latin name Martinus, meaning "of Mars" or "belonging to Mars." The second component, Romero, is an occupational surname that refers to a person who made pilgrimages to Rome, or a person who lived near a road leading to Rome.

The name Martinez can be traced back to the 9th century, when it first appeared in records from the northern Spanish regions of Navarre and Aragon. The name Romero, on the other hand, is thought to have originated in the southern regions of Spain, particularly in Andalusia, where it was common for people to make pilgrimages to Rome.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Martinez appears in the Becerro Galicano, a collection of medieval documents from the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla in La Rioja, Spain, dated to the year 1025. The name Romero can be found in various medieval records from the 12th and 13th centuries, including the Libro de las Behetrías, a census of landowners in the Crown of Castile from 1352.

Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the surname MARTINEZROMERO. One of the earliest was Pedro Martínez Romero (c. 1460-1530), a Spanish soldier and explorer who accompanied Hernán Cortés on his expedition to Mexico in 1519. Another notable figure was Juan Martínez Romero (1518-1594), a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian who served as the Archbishop of Valencia.

In the 17th century, Diego Martínez Romero (1604-1677) was a Spanish painter and engraver known for his religious works and portraits. In the 18th century, José Martínez Romero (1728-1804) was a Spanish military engineer who served in the Spanish army during the Napoleonic Wars.

One of the most famous individuals with the surname MARTINEZROMERO was Antonio Martínez Romero (1892-1984), a Spanish politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Justice during the Second Spanish Republic in the 1930s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Martínez-Romero

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Martínez-Romero.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Martínez-Romero was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Martínez-Romero was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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