Muresan Surname

15,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35,714 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

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'.

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Muresan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania31,7711:63279
Spain1,8481:25,2992,660
United States7341:493,81341,636
France3171:209,53532,567
Canada2311:159,50516,119
Austria1441:59,1359,241
Germany1221:659,88151,431
England831:671,30238,633
Belgium761:151,27221,156
Italy741:826,44264,449
Sweden381:259,12517,909
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Australia361:749,88148,970
Denmark251:225,78917,947
Ireland231:204,7368,142
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Greece181:615,54471,673
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Hungary101:981,62846,877
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
China21:683,660,78330,601
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
San Marino11:33,214932
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

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'.

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Muresan is a Romanian surname, meaning 'man from Mureş' (a county in Romania).

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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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