Romay Surname
Approximately 8,915 people bear this surname
Romay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivia | 1,803 | 1:5,888 | 772 |
| Spain | 1,523 | 1:30,697 | 3,116 |
| Mexico | 1,272 | 1:97,583 | 3,694 |
| Philippines | 1,261 | 1:80,284 | 13,900 |
| Argentina | 1,199 | 1:35,649 | 2,986 |
| Venezuela | 602 | 1:50,173 | 2,493 |
| United States | 464 | 1:781,161 | 60,501 |
| Uruguay | 295 | 1:11,633 | 1,309 |
| Cuba | 259 | 1:44,489 | 1,908 |
| Brazil | 84 | 1:2,548,504 | 77,255 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| Peru | 10 | 1:3,178,412 | 30,046 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Romay (430) may also be a first name.
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Romay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Romay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Romay (Marathi: रोमाय, Russian: Ромай) is more commonly found in Bolivia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Romay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Romay is the 56,840th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 817,448 people. Romay is predominantly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Romay reside; 45 percent reside in South America and 20 percent reside in Andean South America. Romay is also the 413,955th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 430 people.
Romay is most frequently held in Bolivia, where it is held by 1,803 people, or 1 in 5,888. In Bolivia it is mostly concentrated in: Potosi Department, where 45 percent are found, La Paz Department, where 24 percent are found and Santa Cruz Department, where 12 percent are found. Barring Bolivia this surname exists in 42 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 17 percent are found and Mexico, where 14 percent are found.
Romay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Romay has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 7,733 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Romay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Romay last name are 40.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Romay earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 321.08% more than the national average, earning S/. 81,626 per year and in United States they earn 4.33% less than the national average, earning $41,279 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Romay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Romay in the Marathi language | ||
| रोमाय | romaya | - |
| Romay in the Russian language | ||
| Ромай | romaj | - |
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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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- 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 Romay
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