Martz: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Martz and Mertz are two spellings with one history. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “A descendant of Mertz”.

• Martz ranked 4,309 in the 2010 US Census, with 8,250 people answering to the name. From 1891 to 2000, 2,020 births in France were registered under Martz.
• Martz writes “a” in place of the “e” found in Mertz, a common scribal difference.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• You may also find the name written Maertz and Merz.

Family crest and blazon

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