where the name martakis come from?

Answer 1

I've answered your first question about this.
As a last name the word exists in Greek (I do not know if it exists in another language), just like Avgustakis (Avgustos=August), Aprilakis (from Aprilios/Aprilis=April) etc
The suffix is distinctive on the island of Crete
(and Chios is now a part of Greece officially).

Answer 2

Hey Ruth,

The Family Search site only has USA entries. The Ellis Island site has 33 exact matches to MARTAKIS, and the come from Greece, Turkey, and Italy. Those are the countries of residence prior to immigration/passage to the United states.

Here is a sample record:
First Name: Georgios
Last Name: Martakis
Ethnicity: Greek, Greek
Last Place of Residence: Livadia, Greece
Date of Arrival: Mar 23, 1915
Age at Arrival: 27y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Patris
Port of Departure: Piraeus
Manifest Line Number: 0022

And a record of one from Turkey shows Greek as the ethnicity also:
First Name: Anatonios
Last Name: Martakis
Ethnicity: Turkey,Greek
Last Place of Residence: Chios, Turkey
Date of Arrival: Oct 14, 1909
Age at Arrival: 24y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Argentina
Port of Departure: Patras
Manifest Line Number: 0008

GREECE would be the likely origin, even the Italian entries say Greek. An account at Ellis Island is FREE - but you do have to register with a valid Email.

Answer 3

it sounds like a greek name to me

Answer 4

No joke but it does sound greek or italan to me.

Answer 5

Seems like greek to me, also could be latvian, armenian , persian (iranian) or indian.

Answer 6

I'd say greek or greek american