Murúa Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Murúa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 38 | 1:1,124,827 | 67,975 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Murùa (1) are calculated separately.
Murúa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murúa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murúa is more commonly found in Argentina than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Murùa. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murúa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Murúa is the 2,394,033rd most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Murúa are found; 77 percent are found in South America and 72 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.
Murúa is most frequently occurring in Argentina, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 1,124,827. In Argentina it is most common in: Catamarca Province, where 34 percent are found, Córdoba Province, where 26 percent are found and Buenos Aires Province, where 24 percent are found. Without taking into account Argentina it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 13 percent are found and Mexico, where 9 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Murúa
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