Murilo Surname

420,074th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 826 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Murilo Surname User-submission:

Murilo or Murillo is a surname in Brazil and Latin-America. It means 'little wall' in Spanish (murillo).

Murilo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil6081:352,09613,503
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
United States491:7,397,121336,459
Colombia171:2,810,24014,126
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Honduras71:1,259,4925,127
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Murilo (116,010) may also be a first name.

Murilo Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Murilo or Murillo is a surname in Brazil and Latin-America. It means 'little wall' in Spanish (murillo).

- murilo13

Murilo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Murilo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Murilo (Arabic: موريلو, Russian: Мурильо) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Murilo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 420,074th most frequent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 8,822,695 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Murilo are found; 77 percent are found in South America and 74 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 8,889th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 116,010 people.

Murilo is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 608 people, or 1 in 352,096. In Brazil Murilo is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 35 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 16 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 12 percent are found. Besides Brazil this last name is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Murilo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Murilo surname are 1.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.55% registered with the party.

The amount Murilo earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 3% more than the national average, earning $23,382,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 5.86% less than the national average, earning $40,621 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Murilo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murilo in the Russian language
Мурильоmurilo-
Murilo in the Arabic language
موريلوmwrylw-

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