Murrieta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Murrieta, itself of Basque origin.

Proper noun

Murrieta (countable and uncountable, plural Murrietas)

1. A surname.
2. A city in Riverside County, California, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Murrieta is the 11160^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2835 individuals. Murrieta is most common among Hispanic/Latino (93.58%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Murrieta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 638.

Anagrams

• irrumate

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈrjeta/ [muˈrje.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: Mu‧rrie‧ta

Proper noun

Murrieta m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque