Find out how popular the last name Muina is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Muina.

Muina, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Muina surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Muina in America

Muina is the 133048th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Muina surname appeared 127 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Muina.

The history of the last name Muina

The surname MUINA has its origins in the Basque region of northern Spain and southwestern France. It is believed to have derived from the ancient Basque word "muino," meaning "hill" or "hilltop." The name likely originated in the medieval period, when surnames were adopted to distinguish between families living in the same area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the MUINA surname can be found in the Codex de Roda, a 10th-century cartulary from the monastery of Santa María de Roda in Aragón, Spain. The document mentions a landowner named Garzia Muina who donated a portion of his estate to the monastery in the year 982.

In the 12th century, the MUINA name appears in the Cartulario de San Millán de la Cogolla, a collection of medieval charters from the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla in La Rioja, Spain. A knight named Sancho Muina is recorded as a witness to a land transaction in the year 1178.

During the 14th century, the MUINA surname was associated with the village of Muina, located in the Basque province of Álava. Records from the time refer to a local noble family known as the "Señores de Muina" (Lords of Muina).

One notable figure bearing the MUINA name was Juan Muina, a Basque navigator and explorer who sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the Americas in 1493. Muina is believed to have been born in the late 15th century in the town of Bermeo, Biscay.

Another historical figure was María Muina, a 16th-century Basque writer and poet from Bilbao. Her collection of love poems, titled "Cancionero de María Muina," was published in 1572 and is considered one of the earliest works of literature by a female author in the Basque language.

In the 17th century, Pedro Muina y Lezama was a prominent Basque architect and master builder who designed several notable churches and buildings in the region, including the Church of San Nicolás in Bilbao, constructed between 1625 and 1631.

The MUINA surname also had a presence in the Americas, as evidenced by the life of Ignacio Muina, a Spanish colonial administrator who served as the Governor of the Province of Veragua (present-day Panama) from 1689 to 1695.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Muina

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Muina.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Muina was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Muina was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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