The Muriel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,778 people carried this name — #16,238 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 166,700 people counted. That is up 39% from 1,283 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 998 people named Muriel 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 202 people named Muriel.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Manche.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Muriel live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Muriel.
- Muratori 265 · U.S. census
- Murcia 2,563 · U.S. census
- Mure 287 · U.S. census
- Murer 231 · U.S. census
- Murgia 389 · U.S. census
- Murie 362 · U.S. census
- Murillo 45,558 · U.S. census
- Murin 465 · U.S. census
- Muro 7,916 · U.S. census
- Murphy 308,417 · U.S. census
- Murray 184,910 · U.S. census
- Mury 177 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Muriel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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