Mureşan Surname
Approximately 4,743 people bear this surname
Mureşan 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 SurnameMureşan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 4,743 | 1:4,233 | 569 |
The alternate forms: Muresan (35,714), Murešan (17) & Muresán (5) are calculated separately.
Mureşan 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-173293Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muresan | 95 | 35,714 | / |
| Murešan | 95 | 17 | / |
| Mureşean | 93 | 1 | / |
| Muresán | 90 | 5 | / |
| Murăşan | 86 | 2 | / |
| Muresian | 80 | 133 | / |
| Murgesan | 80 | 58 | / |
| Murezzan | 80 | 13 | / |
| Muresean | 80 | 9 | / |
| Muresann | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muresasn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mouresan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Murgeshan | 75 | 136 | / |
| Mureschan | 75 | 9 | / |
| Murisan | 71 | 24 | / |
| Muresam | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mureson | 71 | 7 | / |
| Moresan | 71 | 7 | / |
| Murišan | 71 | 5 | / |
| Muresanová | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mourechane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muhrizen | 67 | 18 | / |
| Murichan | 67 | 15 | / |
| Moricean | 67 | 2 | / |
| Murgeson | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muhrisen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murisian | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murgesen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maurisan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murieson | 67 | 0 | / |
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