Surname Saturday – Murach

Hello,

This my version of Saturday’s daily blogging theme. This week will be focused on the Murach surname.

Surname Pronunciation Murach (Polish) – Moo rah k – listen to it here: Murach
Surname Pronunciation Murach (American) – Mur a k

Surname Meaning: Murach –  derived from the word mur, which means to wall
(Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)

Roots of Surname: 

Public Profiler’s World Overview Map of the Murach Surname:

Top Five Countries: Poland, Germany, United States, Canada, and the Netherlands.
Top Five Regions:  Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland; Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland; Wielkopolskie, Poland; Mazowieckie, Poland; Schleswig-Holstein, Germany  
Top Ten Cities: Reinbek, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Marl, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Mainz, Rheinland-Pflatz, Germany; Aspishem, Rheinland-Pflatz, Germany; Hechingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Lubeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Ostrołęcka, Mazowieckie, Poland

Public Profiler’s Poland Localities Distribution Map of the Murach Surname:

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Murach Poland Localities Map. Retrieved December 12, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=PL

The region or powiat of Ostrołęka in Mazowieckie is the focus of my research for my Murach ancestry.

Moikrewni’s Poland Distribution Map of the Murach Surname:

Moikrewni. (2009). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Murach’. Retrieved December 12, 2009, from
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/murach.html

Public Profiler’s North American Distribution Map of the Murach Surname:

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Murach North American Regions Map. Retrieved December 12, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=US

Dynastree’s USA Distribution Map of the Murach Surname: