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Murua Surname Meaning

Basque: habitational name from a place called Murua in Araba/Álava province Basque Country (Spain) composed of muru ‘wall pile’ (from Latin murus) + the definite article -a

or a topographic name from muru ‘crag’ + the definite article -a. Compare Morua.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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Between 1969 and 2004, in the United States, Murua life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1994, and highest in 1979. The average life expectancy for Murua in 1969 was 74, and 83 in 2004.

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