The Mura surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 618 people carried this name — #36,246 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 11% from 691 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Mura surname
Borrowed from Catalan, French and Italian Mura.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mura» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,002 people named Mura live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 962 people named Mura.
150 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
499 people named Mura have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 629 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
159 people named Mura live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 57 people named Mura live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
30 people named Mura is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Mura,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francesco de Mura 1696–1784 · painter -
Francesco de Mura 1696–1782 · painter
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Frank Mura 1861–1913 · artist
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Giovanni Antonio Mura 1879–1943 · writer
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Giovanni Antioco Mura 1882–1972 · journalist
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Giovanni Antioco Mura 1882–1972 · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mura.
- Munoz 158,483 · U.S. census
- Munsch 1,146 · U.S. census
- Munster 832 · U.S. census
- Munteanu 416 · U.S. census
- Muntz 1,537 · U.S. census
- Mur 201 · U.S. census
- Murat 614 · U.S. census
- Murati 288 · U.S. census
- Muratore 886 · U.S. census
- Muratori 265 · U.S. census
- Murcia 2,563 · U.S. census
- Mure 287 · U.S. census
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