SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Muratori

Origin and meaning

The authors agree that the surname derives from the occupational name muratore, which designates the bricklayer or builder of walls. E. De Felice notes that the surname appears sporadically throughout Italy, with a high frequency in Emilia-Romagna, and further documents related formal variants: Muratore, of notable presence in Sicily, and Murador, rare, in Veneto. F. De Laurentiis agrees on the general sporadic distribution and on the concentration in Emilia-Romagna, without recording additional variants.

💡 The surname Muratori also appears as variant of the surname Muratore in other studies consulted in this project.

Variants

Geographic distribution: Italy (sporadic); high frequency for Muratori in Emilia-Romagna; Muratore in Sicily; Murador in Veneto (rare)

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Drawing on 2 authors, this entry presents the different hypotheses about the origin of the surname, avoiding a single oversimplified explanation.

Sources

This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary is based on the following specialized onomastic sources:

  • De Felice, E. (1978). Dizionario dei cognomi italiani. Milano: Mondadori.
  • De Laurentiis, F. (2003). Cognomi occhiobellesi. Storia, curiosità, significati e classifiche. Occhiobello: Teatro Polivalente di Occhiobello (T.P.O.). Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20030516113456/http://www.comune.occhiobello.ro.it/cognomi/