Roma Forename
5,608th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 187,014 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Lithuania
Roma Forename Definition:
A female name. the name of the city, recently used as a christian name (cf. Florence).
Roma Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 94% | 43,807 | 1:3,640 | 529 |
| India | 99% | 38,512 | 1:31,545 | 4,381 |
| Egypt | 82% | 30,212 | 1:3,042 | 407 |
| Indonesia | 64% | 13,737 | 1:18,779 | 2,652 |
| United States | 91% | 8,641 | 1:41,955 | 2,505 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 6,794 | 1:28,607 | 1,996 |
| Philippines | 97% | 6,225 | 1:17,030 | 1,900 |
| Nepal | 57% | 6,209 | 1:4,588 | 643 |
| Poland | 99% | 5,136 | 1:7,404 | 374 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 3,915 | 1:8,333 | 942 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 3,519 | 1:839 | 195 |
| England | 100% | 2,517 | 1:22,091 | 1,355 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,056 | 1:16,115 | 1,578 |
| Azerbaijan | 88% | 1,368 | 1:7,049 | 1,042 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,282 | 1:24,035 | 3,052 |
| Ukraine | 81% | 735 | 1:61,905 | 652 |
| Georgia | 99% | 714 | 1:5,236 | 590 |
| South Africa | 87% | 684 | 1:79,726 | 7,004 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 644 | 1:32,297 | 3,883 |
| Germany | 58% | 582 | 1:166,113 | 2,818 |
| Brazil | 100% | 505 | 1:424,230 | 14,717 |
| Italy | 59% | 497 | 1:122,861 | 2,114 |
| Australia | - | 413 | 1:33,069 | 1,871 |
| Papua New Guinea | 62% | 387 | 1:21,065 | 2,104 |
| Spain | 72% | 377 | 1:123,422 | 3,228 |
| Armenia | 74% | 375 | 1:7,783 | 757 |
| Malaysia | 77% | 369 | 1:82,520 | 6,119 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 366 | 1:3,720 | 696 |
| Thailand | 90% | 320 | 1:218,956 | 13,966 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 315 | 1:33,115 | 2,591 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Mexico | 96% | 274 | 1:453,082 | 5,346 |
| Fiji | - | 259 | 1:3,445 | 924 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 253 | 1:291,809 | 11,683 |
| Morocco | - | 246 | 1:139,629 | 4,172 |
| Niger | 94% | 239 | 1:80,268 | 3,287 |
| Malawi | 100% | 212 | 1:80,718 | 4,695 |
| Latvia | 94% | 197 | 1:10,232 | 670 |
| Peru | 97% | 173 | 1:183,766 | 5,012 |
| Algeria | - | 162 | 1:235,659 | 3,433 |
| Scotland | 100% | 154 | 1:34,743 | 1,289 |
| Wales | 100% | 146 | 1:21,194 | 1,150 |
| Nigeria | 68% | 141 | 1:1,259,322 | 29,497 |
| Zimbabwe | 58% | 138 | 1:111,767 | 7,887 |
| Jamaica | - | 137 | 1:21,045 | 1,708 |
| Suriname | 100% | 132 | 1:4,188 | 917 |
| Portugal | - | 129 | 1:80,704 | 2,343 |
| Ireland | 100% | 122 | 1:38,062 | 1,410 |
| Netherlands | 90% | 119 | 1:142,034 | 6,271 |
| Zambia | - | 102 | 1:155,439 | 6,071 |
| Cambodia | 84% | 97 | 1:167,766 | 5,857 |
| Estonia | - | 94 | 1:13,993 | 1,381 |
| Israel | 50% | 85 | 1:98,858 | 4,328 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 82 | 1:58,146 | 2,399 |
| Sweden | 92% | 79 | 1:124,784 | 5,038 |
| Argentina | 88% | 74 | 1:578,017 | 3,966 |
| France | 94% | 73 | 1:910,553 | 7,436 |
| Abkhazia | 93% | 72 | 1:3,381 | 459 |
| Congo | 78% | 67 | 1:74,764 | 5,209 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 67 | 1:354,771 | 23,876 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 62 | 1:851,424 | 18,512 |
| Guyana | 100% | 60 | 1:12,721 | 1,814 |
| Turkey | 100% | 57 | 1:1,364,942 | 11,710 |
| Denmark | - | 56 | 1:100,884 | 2,907 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 55 | 1:549,125 | 14,314 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 54 | 1:63,475 | 2,043 |
| Bhutan | 96% | 51 | 1:16,175 | 824 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 49 | 1:97,000 | 118 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| New Zealand | - | 46 | 1:98,610 | 4,238 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 44 | 1:2,259 | 487 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Romania | - | 36 | 1:556,999 | 15,559 |
| Tunisia | - | 28 | 1:24,175 | 1,673 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Norway | 100% | 27 | 1:190,086 | 4,864 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 26 | 1:70,890 | 1,336 |
| Cameroon | 66% | 24 | 1:900,438 | 24,542 |
| Panama | 100% | 24 | 1:162,773 | 6,758 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 24 | 1:298,000 | 16,364 |
| China | - | 23 | 1:59,393,730 | 62,751 |
| Belgium | 77% | 22 | 1:522,275 | 8,300 |
| Greece | 100% | 22 | 1:497,025 | 6,710 |
| Japan | - | 20 | 1:6,399,303 | 29,954 |
| Qatar | 75% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Singapore | 100% | 20 | 1:314,353 | 9,609 |
| Barbados | - | 19 | 1:15,252 | 1,318 |
| Russia | - | 19 | 1:7,591,248 | 31,825 |
| Kenya | - | 16 | 1:2,894,194 | 21,637 |
| Switzerland | 78% | 16 | 1:513,344 | 8,079 |
| Uganda | 86% | 16 | 1:2,559,808 | 30,381 |
| Austria | 100% | 14 | 1:608,157 | 5,259 |
| Grenada | 100% | 14 | 1:7,723 | 1,094 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Serbia | 100% | 14 | 1:510,409 | 4,955 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:9,146 | 1,253 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 11 | 1:52,814 | 3,146 |
| Dominica | - | 10 | 1:7,547 | 350 |
| Finland | 56% | 10 | 1:548,318 | 6,147 |
| Jordan | - | 10 | 1:882,677 | 4,972 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 10 | 1:17,782 | 1,938 |
| Cyprus | - | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| South Korea | - | 9 | 1:616,047 | 14,026 |
| Cuba | - | 8 | 1:1,438,319 | 4,450 |
| Colombia | - | 7 | 1:6,825,561 | 33,843 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 7 | 1:853,325 | 20,404 |
| Marshall Islands | 75% | 7 | 1:7,319 | 1,092 |
| Belize | 100% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 6 | 1:1,165,065 | 11,780 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 6 | 1:3,063,245 | 50,518 |
| Iceland | - | 6 | 1:61,003 | 3,164 |
| Iran | - | 6 | 1:13,082,811 | 33,089 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Liberia | 50% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Andorra | - | 4 | 1:20,722 | 745 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Chile | 67% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Guatemala | - | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Czechia | 63% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | 100% | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Romà (50), Romá (2) & Romã (2) are calculated separately.
Roma (58,093) may also be a surname.
Roma Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the name of the city, recently used as a christian name (cf. Florence).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Whence(?) ROMER. f., it is either a contraction of Romola or a direct personification of Roma, the Latin of Rome, a word apparently cognate with that Teutonic radical hruod, ‘fame,’ which forms the basis alike of so many ‘Christians’ (see at Romulus) and of that strange cant word, rum.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Romany name, meaning: A gypsy.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Roma Forename Popularity
Roma Demographics
Average Male Roma Height
174.62 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 117 (2014)
Average Female Roma Height
164.87 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 23 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Roma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Roma in the Russian language | ||
| Рома | roma | - |
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Roma