Mureşan Surname

99,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,743 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

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'.

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Mureşan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania4,7431:4,233569

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'.

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Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muresan9535,714/
Murešan9517/
Mureşean931/
Muresán905/
Murăşan862/
Muresian80133/
Murgesan8058/
Murezzan8013/
Muresean809/
Muresann801/
Muresasn801/
Mouresan801/
Murgeshan75136/
Mureschan759/
Murisan7124/
Muresam717/
Mureson717/
Moresan717/
Murišan715/
Muresanová713/
Mourechane711/
Muhrizen6718/
Murichan6715/
Moricean672/
Murgeson672/
Muhrisen671/
Murisian671/
Murgesen671/
Maurisan671/
Murieson670/

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