Murgia Surname
Approximately 18,757 people bear this surname
Murgia Surname User-submission:
Murgia is a Sardinian surname. It comes from the Sardinian word murza, which means 'salt water'.
Murgia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 15,715 | 1:3,892 | 379 |
| France | 883 | 1:75,224 | 10,556 |
| United States | 539 | 1:672,466 | 53,587 |
| Argentina | 456 | 1:93,736 | 7,908 |
| Brazil | 249 | 1:859,736 | 31,019 |
| Germany | 168 | 1:479,199 | 41,567 |
| Mexico | 144 | 1:861,988 | 12,108 |
| Spain | 111 | 1:421,190 | 22,576 |
| Belgium | 94 | 1:122,305 | 17,923 |
| Peru | 67 | 1:474,390 | 13,838 |
| Luxembourg | 67 | 1:8,665 | 1,371 |
| England | 55 | 1:1,013,056 | 50,089 |
| Netherlands | 54 | 1:312,725 | 36,782 |
| Australia | 37 | 1:729,614 | 48,196 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Cuba | 7 | 1:1,646,102 | 8,141 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
The alternate forms: Múrgia (3) are calculated separately.
Murgia (260) may also be a first name.
Murgia Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Murgia is a Sardinian surname. It comes from the Sardinian word murza, which means 'salt water'.
- mv60Murgia Demographics
Average Male Murgia Height
171.13 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Murgia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murgia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murgia has its highest incidence in Italy. It may also be rendered as: Múrgia. Click here for further potential spellings of Murgia.
How Common Is The Last Name Murgia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 28,627th most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 388,524 people. The surname Murgia is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Murgia are found; 84 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 84 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 552,051st most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 260 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Italy, where it is carried by 15,715 people, or 1 in 3,892. In Italy Murgia is most numerous in: Sardinia, where 84 percent live, Lazio, where 4 percent live and Lombardy, where 2 percent live. Beside Italy this last name occurs in 50 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Murgia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Murgia surname are 41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.23% registered with the party.
The amount Murgia earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 12.53% less than the national average, earning €26,266 per year; in Peru they earn 91.54% more than the national average, earning S/. 37,130 per year and in United States they earn 13.48% less than the national average, earning $37,332 USD per year.
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