Martan families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 310 people with faimily name Martan live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 45 other places, mostly in Donja Voca in Ivanec area (55), Varazdin (30), Cakovec (20), and in Mala Subotica (15) and Nedelisce (15) in Cakovec area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Martan (including: Marthan , Martán and Marthian ) is present in 37 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.