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Of Sardinian origin, widespread, this surname should derive from a nickname linked to the Sardinian dialect word for walls (blackberry or mulberry). perhaps to indicate the presence of mulberry plants near the family home, but it is also possible a connection with the term wall perhaps to indicate the presence of a stone wall near the house. additions provided by Giuseppe Concas MURA: meaning and etymology. Mulberry blackberry. Muragessa, murighessa. In Latin morus: morus alba = white muragessa; morus nigra = muragessa niedda. The blackberry is sa mura de arrù or de orrù, in Latin rubus fruticosus. In the ancient papers we find 7 among the signatories of the Peace of Eleonora * LPDE of 1388: Mura (de) Elias, ville Sasseri; Mura Barisono - Terrenove villas; Gonnario walls, Desilo villas (Desulo - Mandrolisay or Barbagia di Belvì); Mura Jacobo, Mole de Posata; Marian Walls, villas Leonissa (destroyed village - Mandrolisay); Mariano walls, Ollolà villas (Ollolai - Barbagia di Ollolai); Walls Petro, jurato villas Pauli (Paulilatino - Contrate Partis de Guilcier). Currently the surname is present in Sardinia, with homogeneous distribution, in 256 out of 377. In the national territory the surname Mura is present in 839 Municipalities: Rome 468, Genoa 171, Turin 137, Milan 129, Livorno 47, Ravenna 14, etc. In the USA it is present in 31 states, with 3 families in California, Oregon, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 2 Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, 1 in the others.
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