Muresan Surname
Approximately 35,714 people bear this surname
Muresan Surname User-submission:
(Romanian) One who came from Mureş (meaning 'of the sea' or 'to the sea' in Latin and Greek), a river going through Transylvania in Romania. It is also the name of a 2 regions in the country (Mureş County and Maramureş County), and the suffix -an, which means 'in'.
Read More About This SurnameMuresan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 31,771 | 1:632 | 79 |
| Spain | 1,848 | 1:25,299 | 2,660 |
| United States | 734 | 1:493,813 | 41,636 |
| France | 317 | 1:209,535 | 32,567 |
| Canada | 231 | 1:159,505 | 16,119 |
| Austria | 144 | 1:59,135 | 9,241 |
| Germany | 122 | 1:659,881 | 51,431 |
| England | 83 | 1:671,302 | 38,633 |
| Belgium | 76 | 1:151,272 | 21,156 |
| Italy | 74 | 1:826,442 | 64,449 |
| Sweden | 38 | 1:259,125 | 17,909 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Australia | 36 | 1:749,881 | 48,970 |
| Denmark | 25 | 1:225,789 | 17,947 |
| Ireland | 23 | 1:204,736 | 8,142 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Greece | 18 | 1:615,544 | 71,673 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
The alternate forms: Mureşan (4,743), Murešan (17) & Muresán (5) are calculated separately.
Muresan (18) may also be a first name.
Muresan Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
(Romanian) One who came from Mureş (meaning 'of the sea' or 'to the sea' in Latin and Greek), a river going through Transylvania in Romania. It is also the name of a 2 regions in the country (Mureş County and Maramureş County), and the suffix -an, which means 'in'.
- deleted-173293Muresan is a Romanian surname, meaning 'man from Mureş' (a county in Romania).
- deleted-173293Muresan Demographics
Average Male Muresan Height
176.27 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Muresan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muresan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muresan occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Mureşan, Murešan or Muresán. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muresan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 15,604th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 204,053 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Muresan reside; 89 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 89 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 18 people.
The last name Muresan is most commonly used in Romania, where it is carried by 31,771 people, or 1 in 632. In Romania Muresan is most frequent in: Cluj County, where 32 percent live, Maramureș County, where 12 percent live and Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 9 percent live. Outside of Romania it is found in 49 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Muresan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Muresan last name are 6.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.57% registered with the political party.
The amount Muresan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 72.62% less than the national average, earning €8,223 per year; in South Africa they earn 397.58% more than the national average, earning R 1,182,430 per year; in United States they earn 9.44% more than the national average, earning $47,223 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.77% more than the national average, earning $56,522 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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