Spanish: habitational name from any of numerous places named
Muro, from muro ‘wall’.Southern Italian:
habitational name from a place named Muro.Southern Italian
(Murò): nickname from medieval Greek mouros ‘stupid’,
‘foolish’ (classical Greek moros).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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