Is There a Martinko Coat of Arms?

There is no single Martinko family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

The meaning behind Martinko

Genealogists group Martinko with Martin. The family name meaning is “From Martinus, "of Mars"”, the same as for Martin.

Martinko adds -ko to the root of Martin, a familiar way of forming related surnames. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Other spellings include Martinek, Martinák and Martinček. In the 2010 US Census, 376 Americans gave Martinko as their last name (rank 54,752). That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames.

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