Martins (surname)

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Martins is a Portuguese surname. Origin: Germanic patronymic for son of Martin. Cognates of this surname occur in many other European languages (Martinsson, Mortensson, Mortensen, Martini, Martinez, Martinov, Martinenko, Maartens, Martinsky, Martinescu, etc). Notable people with the surname include:

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