Public Profiler Worldnames and Martinec

I got a tip from my friend with Martinec surname living in Finland. You can search for the surname in public resources.

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Statistics for Martinec surname in public sources (top 5):

1. SLOVENIA 110.2 per million
   
2. AUSTRIA 9.92 per million
3. SWEDEN 3.79 per million
4. UNITED STATES 1.76 per million
5. SWITZERLAND 1.28 per million

Data are from 26 countries in Europe, America, Asia and Oceania. All the names and location data are derived from publicly available telephone directories or national electoral registers, sourced for the period 2000-2005.

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Notice: I miss there Czech republic, Slovakia and Croatia. They should be ahead Slovenia.

Surname Martinec Meaning and Origin

Surname Martinec:

1. Czech and Slovak derivative of the personal name Martin
2. Slovenian and Croatian diminutive or patronymic from the personal name Martin.

Personal name Martin:

Latin Martinus, a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertinity and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar 'gleam'.

Saint Martin of Tours (Latin: Martinus), (316/317, Savaria, Pannonia – November 8, 397, Candes, Gaul; buried November 11, 397, Candes, Gaul) was a bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Roman Catholic saints. He is considered a spiritual bridge across Europe between France and Hungary.
Some of the accounts of his travels may have been interpolated into his vita to give credence to early sites of his cult. His life was recorded by a contemporary, the hagiographer Sulpicius Severus. He is a patron saint of France and of soldiers.

Literature:

• ancestry.com, Our Name in Hisotry: The Martinec Name in History, The Generations Network, Inc. 2007, www.ournameinhistory.com.
• wikipedia.org - Martin of Tours

Prologue

Something about me
My name is Jan Martinec and I live in Brno. Brno is the second largest city in Czech Republic. I was born in Zlin in 1979.

The Beginning
I decided to create my family tree in Spring 2007. The first step was genetic testing of my DNA for Y-chromozome. I found out my haplotype - I1b1 and that my ancestry from the paternal line (Martinec) came from an area where is Croatia situated nowdays. My men ancestors were of south-slavic origin. It was a great start of my research.

The next step was to data mine my family. I was suprised how little family memory I am able to use. So I aked my parents to visit a birth record in Luhačovice. Now I have a pretty good idea about my Martinec ancestors. The oldest Martinec I know this time is Pavel Martinec born in 1660 in Pozlovice near Luhačovice. He was son of Jiří (Jura) Martinec.

Next step
Now I'm preparing myself to visit a regional archive in Brno to continue. It will be a tough genealogical research for my family roots.

Write me
If you are interested in genealogy or you are looking for Martinec in Czech Republic, write me an e-mail: segovesus@gmail.com.