Murta is almost unique, Murtas is typical of central-southern Sardinia, where it is widespread, especially in the south-western area, should derive from toponyms such as Rio Murtas in the Cagliari area or Murtas in the Villapuztu area, also from Cagliari, or from nicknames originated from the Sardinian word múrta (myrtle) due either in the vicinity of myrtle bushes or making myrtle products. We find traces of this surname in Scano Montiferro (OR) in the 1700s with the Vassallo Nicolas Murtas mentioned in an act by the notary Giuseppe Passiu Padery. additions provided by Giuseppe Concas MURTA; MURTAS: for the meaning, the etymology and the presence of the two surnames in the ancient maps of the language and the history of Sardinia, see De Murtas. Currently the surname Murtas is present in 217 Italian Municipalities, of which 97 in Sardinia: Cagliari 262, Oristano 113, Quartu 97, Assemini 72, Arbus 68, etc. Murta is present in 7 Italian Municipalities, of which 1 in Sardinia: Carbonia with 3 (which instead has 36 Murtas).
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