In Croatia, Murina families are generally Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ), very rarely Roms (from Otocac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Dubrovnik.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Murina live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled. They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 6 other places, mostly in Sinac (<10), Rijeka (<10), Duba Peljeska on the Peljesac peninsula (<10), Velika Kopanica in Djakovo area (<5), and in Podhum in Rijeka area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.