Roma Surname
Approximately 58,093 people bear this surname
Roma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 11,715 | 1:7,848 | 954 |
| Italy | 8,617 | 1:7,097 | 956 |
| Philippines | 8,306 | 1:12,189 | 1,224 |
| Bangladesh | 6,939 | 1:22,965 | 1,589 |
| Brazil | 4,414 | 1:48,499 | 1,899 |
| India | 2,998 | 1:255,859 | 14,776 |
| Spain | 2,600 | 1:17,982 | 2,007 |
| United States | 2,386 | 1:151,911 | 15,599 |
| Indonesia | 1,615 | 1:81,888 | 8,662 |
| Argentina | 1,310 | 1:32,629 | 2,716 |
| Portugal | 1,057 | 1:9,856 | 846 |
| Russia | 814 | 1:177,055 | 19,922 |
| France | 432 | 1:153,756 | 23,866 |
| Thailand | 337 | 1:209,609 | 34,945 |
| Ukraine | 294 | 1:154,839 | 21,482 |
| Algeria | 290 | 1:133,212 | 18,129 |
| Pakistan | 276 | 1:647,260 | 10,031 |
| Greece | 251 | 1:44,143 | 7,170 |
| Canada | 228 | 1:161,603 | 16,308 |
| Papua New Guinea | 208 | 1:39,201 | 4,741 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Samoa | 203 | 1:955 | 301 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Australia | 142 | 1:190,111 | 18,903 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| England | 126 | 1:442,207 | 29,452 |
| South Africa | 112 | 1:483,730 | 39,862 |
| Mexico | 88 | 1:1,410,525 | 15,733 |
| Zimbabwe | 88 | 1:175,435 | 21,257 |
| Belarus | 86 | 1:110,477 | 16,480 |
| Guatemala | 86 | 1:187,008 | 3,723 |
| Turkey | 83 | 1:937,607 | 43,462 |
| Honduras | 78 | 1:113,031 | 1,781 |
| Hungary | 76 | 1:129,162 | 11,998 |
| Uruguay | 71 | 1:48,335 | 5,418 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| Malaysia | 68 | 1:433,739 | 22,323 |
| Germany | 65 | 1:1,238,546 | 79,660 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Taiwan | 53 | 1:442,354 | 3,378 |
| Kazakhstan | 52 | 1:340,048 | 27,669 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
| Albania | 49 | 1:59,471 | 7,297 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| New Zealand | 39 | 1:116,111 | 14,715 |
| Romania | 38 | 1:528,365 | 39,789 |
| Cuba | 37 | 1:311,425 | 5,451 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Switzerland | 32 | 1:256,654 | 21,165 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| Chile | 23 | 1:765,934 | 16,989 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Latvia | 22 | 1:93,184 | 13,456 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Peru | 22 | 1:1,444,733 | 22,095 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Azerbaijan | 18 | 1:536,062 | 10,041 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 1:34,119 | 6,789 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Cambodia | 11 | 1:1,407,922 | 6,192 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Moldova | 10 | 1:356,137 | 27,160 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Serbia | 9 | 1:793,883 | 26,061 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Georgia | 6 | 1:624,258 | 19,750 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Andorra | 3 | 1:27,946 | 1,499 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Transnistria | 2 | 1:237,350 | 16,204 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 56 | 1:896,762 | 54,350 |
The alternate forms: Romà (32), Romá (23) & Róma (9) are calculated separately.
Roma (187,014) may also be a first name.
Roma Demographics
Roma Political Affiliation
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Roma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Roma (Arabic: روما, Bengali: রোমা, Georgian: რომა, Hindi: रोमा, Marathi: रोमा, Oriya: େରାମା, Russian: Рома, Tibetan: རོ་མ་) occurs most in Egypt. It can appear as a variant: Romà, Romá or Róma. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Roma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 9,723rd most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 125,446 people. The surname Roma is primarily found in Asia, where 36 percent of Roma reside; 21 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 20 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 5,608th most commonly held forename globally, held by 187,014 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is carried by 11,715 people, or 1 in 7,848. Beside Egypt this surname is found in 127 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 15 percent are found and The Philippines, where 14 percent are found.
Roma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Roma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Roma last name rose 4,261 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Roma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Roma surname is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Orthodox (60%) in Belarus and Orthodox (72%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Roma are 3.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50.75% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Roma earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 0.86% less than the national average, earning €29,773 per year; in Peru they earn 211.1% more than the national average, earning S/. 60,307 per year; in South Africa they earn 9.75% less than the national average, earning R 214,476 per year; in Colombia they earn 67.1% more than the national average, earning $37,936,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.88% more than the national average, earning $47,844 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.81% more than the national average, earning $58,531 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Roma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Roma in the Georgian language | ||
| რომა | roma | - |
| Roma in the Tibetan language | ||
| རོ་མ་ | roma | - |
| Roma in the Hindi language | ||
| रोमा | roma | 99.62 |
| रूमा | ruma | 0.1 |
| रुमा | ruma | 0.06 |
| रमा | rama | 0.06 |
| रेामा | reama | 0.04 |
| रीमा | rima | 0.02 |
| रॊमा | roma | 0.02 |
| रोमां | romam | 0.02 |
| Roma in the Marathi language | ||
| रोमा | roma | 99.62 |
| रोम | roma | 0.11 |
| ऱोमा | roma | 0.05 |
| रॉमा | roma | 0.05 |
| Roma in the Oriya language | ||
| େରାମା | erama | 88.65 |
| ରମା | rama | 9.93 |
| ରାମ | rama | 0.71 |
| େରାମ | erama | 0.71 |
| Roma in the Bengali language | ||
| রোমা | roma | 86.5 |
| রুমা | ruma | 8.76 |
| রমা | rama | 4.38 |
| Roma in the Russian language | ||
| Рома | roma | - |
| Roma in the Arabic language | ||
| روما | rwma | - |
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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
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