Roama Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Roama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Roama (116) may also be a first name.

Roama Last Name Facts

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

Roama occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Roama? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Roama occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Roama are found; 78 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 78 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 868,627th most frequently used first name globally, held by 116 people.

This last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea Roama is mostly concentrated in: Bougainville, where 61 percent are found and Madang, where 39 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 9 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rohama91361/
Roamah9132/
Rouama9117/
Roamoa9113/
Roaima914/
Rooama912/
Roamga911/
Roamas910/
Rohamah832,384/
Rohaema8335/
Roaemah838/
Rohaima835/
Roaimah834/
Rohayma831/
Rohamay831/
Raoma80132/
Roame8035/
Roami8015/
Roamy805/
Roamo803/
Rohaemah77274/
Rohammah7751/
Rohatmah776/
Rojhamas774/
Rohaimah772/
Rojhamah771/
Rohoma731,357/
Rahoma731,006/
Rohami73374/
Rouami73266/
Raomai73228/
Rouame73175/
Roamer73101/
Roames7373/
Raomad7346/
Raomat7343/
Raomah7323/
Raotma7313/
Rohamo7312/
Roamos7312/
Roaimi734/
Raohma734/
Roomah732/
Rohamy732/
Rauoma731/
Rooamo731/
Rohame731/
Royoma731/
Roamey731/
Roamoi731/
Rojoma731/
Raomma731/
Raoema731/
Roammy731/
Rojhamahe714/
Rahouma67576/
Rohaimi67295/
Rohouma67216/
Rohomah6776/
Raeomai6770/
Rohamih6730/
Rohaime679/
Rahomah674/
Rohatmi673/
Rohameh672/
Rohhami672/
Rauamat672/
Raohmat671/
Roohami671/
Rohamey671/
Rohamii671/
Rohooma671/

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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 Roama
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