Murillo
A Spanish surname most likely from a place name, referring to someone from a small hill or little mound.
The #757 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 6,777 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Murillo is generally explained as a Spanish locational surname. It comes from murillo, a diminutive of muro, meaning “wall,” and in place-name use it can also point to a small wall, mound, or little hill. As a surname, it would originally have identified someone who came from a place called Murillo or lived near such a landmark.
History
Murillo is long established in Spain and later spread widely across the Spanish-speaking world through migration and colonial-era movement. The surname is especially familiar because of the famous Spanish Baroque painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682). In modern times it remains common in Spain and Latin America, and is also well represented in the United States.
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Fun fact
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo is one of the best-known painters in Spanish art, and his surname helped make the name internationally recognizable.
From the historical record
“Pelayo, Roderick, Alphonsus, Alphonso, Ferdinand, Isa- bella, Ximinez, Gonsalvo De Cordova, Vasquez, Quevedo, Quintana, Zurita, Murillo, Calderon, Cervantes, Saavedra, Quesada, Don Carlos. (Italian.)”
— A Grammar of American SurnamesNotable people named Murillo
- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682)
- Jeison Murillo (b. 1992)
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