Roà Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Roà Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roà Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Roa (189,861), Roá (1), Roã (1), Rõa (19), Rôa (7) & Róa (1) are calculated separately.

Roà Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Roà Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Roà is found in Italy more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Roa, Roá, Roã, Rõa, Rôa or Róa. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Roà? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Roà is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Roà reside; 92 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 92 percent reside in Italic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Italy, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 5,096,391. In Italy Roà is primarily found in: Piedmont, where 83 percent reside, Lazio, where 8 percent reside and Lombardy, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Italy this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roa89189,861/
Roá891/
Roã891/
Roàs861/
Rõa7819/
Rôa787/
Róa781/
Rao671,407,582/
Ruà6710/
Ráo678/
Róo678/
Roó675/
Rôo674/
Roô671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Roà
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