Murillo Surname
Approximately 467,431 people bear this surname
Murillo Surname Definition:
Diminutive of the Spanish "muro" - wall. Hence a small wall.
Found in Navarre and La Rioja, originating in village of Clite. Name of villages near Tudela, Pamplona, Calahorra, Jaca, and Barbastro. Derived from same source as Catalan "murir" - wall or rampart.
Read More About This SurnameMurillo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 109,576 | 1:436 | 84 |
| Mexico | 107,968 | 1:1,150 | 181 |
| Honduras | 50,572 | 1:174 | 28 |
| United States | 36,621 | 1:9,898 | 1,197 |
| Costa Rica | 29,676 | 1:161 | 42 |
| Ecuador | 28,951 | 1:549 | 79 |
| Spain | 24,052 | 1:1,944 | 225 |
| Philippines | 19,972 | 1:5,069 | 410 |
| Nicaragua | 11,293 | 1:533 | 114 |
| Bolivia | 10,266 | 1:1,034 | 218 |
| Panama | 9,866 | 1:397 | 77 |
| Peru | 9,034 | 1:3,518 | 579 |
| Venezuela | 5,376 | 1:5,618 | 683 |
| Argentina | 3,715 | 1:11,506 | 1,063 |
| El Salvador | 3,567 | 1:1,778 | 320 |
| Chile | 1,894 | 1:9,301 | 852 |
| Saudi Arabia | 875 | 1:35,264 | 5,116 |
| France | 639 | 1:103,948 | 15,344 |
| Canada | 539 | 1:68,359 | 7,870 |
| Guatemala | 502 | 1:32,037 | 1,917 |
| Cuba | 391 | 1:29,470 | 1,538 |
| Belize | 330 | 1:1,077 | 252 |
| Brazil | 318 | 1:673,190 | 24,834 |
| Dominican Republic | 293 | 1:35,607 | 1,992 |
| Italy | 122 | 1:501,284 | 50,785 |
| England | 119 | 1:468,219 | 30,572 |
| Germany | 108 | 1:745,421 | 56,003 |
| Belgium | 98 | 1:117,313 | 17,342 |
| Uruguay | 93 | 1:36,901 | 4,256 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| Australia | 75 | 1:359,943 | 30,133 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| Thailand | 35 | 1:2,018,238 | 239,646 |
| Ireland | 35 | 1:134,541 | 6,387 |
| Paraguay | 34 | 1:212,845 | 3,891 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Cayman Islands | 16 | 1:3,993 | 538 |
| Andorra | 16 | 1:5,240 | 1,042 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Puerto Rico | 6 | 1:591,690 | 3,707 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Murillo (19,306) may also be a first name.
Murillo Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Diminutive of the Spanish "muro" - wall. Hence a small wall.
Found in Navarre and La Rioja, originating in village of Clite. Name of villages near Tudela, Pamplona, Calahorra, Jaca, and Barbastro. Derived from same source as Catalan "murir" - wall or rampart.
Here the Castilian suffix indicating small size "-illo" is added to the Basque word "muni" meaning a sloping bank. The word "murillo" then means land with some type of elevation.
Aragonese name.
(Spanish) One who came from Murillo de Rio de Leza, in Spain.
User-submitted Reference
Murilo or Murillo is a surname in Brazil and Latin-America. It means 'little wall' in Spanish (murillo).
- murilo13Murillo Demographics
Average Murillo Salary in
United States
$37,320 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Murillo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murillo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murillo is carried by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Murillo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,142nd most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,591 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Murillo live; 36 percent live in South America and 25 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 38,861st most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 19,306 people.
Murillo is most frequently used in Colombia, where it is carried by 109,576 people, or 1 in 436. In Colombia it is most frequent in: Valle del Cauca Department, where 21 percent are found, Antioquia Department, where 15 percent are found and Chocó Department, where 14 percent are found. Not including Colombia this last name occurs in 94 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 23 percent are found and Honduras, where 11 percent are found.
Murillo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Murillo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 305,175 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Murillo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Murillo surname are 42.57% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.8% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Murillo earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 3.15% more than the national average, earning €30,977 per year; in Peru they earn 10.59% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,438 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.35% less than the national average, earning $21,942,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.51% less than the national average, earning $37,320 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.26% less than the national average, earning $45,080 CAD per year.
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Murillo Reference & Research
Murillo DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Murillo FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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