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The Murati surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 288 people carried this name — #68,345 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 88% from 153 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,787 people named Murati live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 668
Aargau 216
St. Gallen 208
Thurgau 122
Bern 84
Solothurn 71
Vaud 51
Lucerne 47

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 316 people named Murati.

27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 27
Corsica 206
Var 21
Bouches-du-Rhône 14
Paris 8
Rhône 7
Hautes-Alpes 6
Vaucluse 5
Finistère 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 90 people named Murati 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 Namur.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Namur 18
Brussels-Capital 17
Antwerp 17
Liège 16
East Flanders 9
West Flanders 8
Flemish Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

256 people named Murati are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 226
Finland (2026) 30

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Murati in American newspapers,
1904–1911.

Newspaper page from L'italia carrying the name Murati
L'italia 1911-02-16
Newspaper page from Nord Stern carrying the name Murati
Nord Stern 1908-04-10
Newspaper page from The Madison Daily Leader carrying the name Murati
The Madison Daily Leader 1904-06-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 468 pages in all carry the name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Murati is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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