Martina Family History
Martina Name Meaning
Italian: from the feminine form of the personal name Martino . Compare La Martina . Italian (Apulia): habitational name from Martina Franca in the Taranto province. Czech: from a derivative of the personal name Martin . West Indian (Dutch Caribbean): from the female personal name Martina feminine form of Martin . Martina is the most frequent surname on Curaçao (compare Martis ). It reflects the partially mother-oriented name culture of the formerly enslaved people in the West Indies. — Note: The population figure published by the US Census Bureau for this surname in the year 2000 is as high as 1565 while the figure for 2010 is supposedly lower than 100. Apparently the personal name Martina of many American bearers was also counted as a surname at that time.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022