Romão Surname

39,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Portugal

Romão Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Romão Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola7,6901:3,510526
Portugal5,0011:2,083299
Brazil4211:508,49019,129
Mozambique161:1,703,8482,274
Cape Verde151:35,3091,317
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Romão (3,498) may also be a first name.

Romão Last Name Facts

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

Romão occurs most in Angola. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Romão? popularity and diffusion

The last name Romão is the 39,881st most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 553,765 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Romão live; 59 percent live in Southern Africa and 59 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 120,054th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 3,498 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Angola, where it is held by 7,690 people, or 1 in 3,510. Barring Angola this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 38 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Romon802,182/
Romoi80112/
Romoa8019/
Romoy8016/
Romoe8014/
Romom8012/
Ramão809/
Rumão806/
Romou805/
Romãn803/
Romoo801/
Romond73344/
Romong73171/
Romont73170/
Rohmon7390/
Rotmon7382/
Roumou7381/
Romiyo7381/
Rosmon7356/
Roimon7340/
Romone7340/
Roumon7336/
Roymon7332/
Romayo7329/
Romoji7325/
Romeyo7320/
Romajo7316/
Romeio738/
Romoio736/
Romgon734/
Romoii733/
Romoun732/
Romoye731/
Romout731/
Romoja731/
Rommon731/
Rotmoi731/
Hromoa731/
Romous731/
Romoin731/
Roimoi731/
Roomoi731/
Roymoo731/
Romoyi731/
Rhomon731/
Romejo731/
Roma6758,093/
Romu671,202/
Romaios67341/
Romaiou67178/
Rosmond6767/
Romondt6753/
Romà6732/
Rommoon6729/
Roymond6726/
Romá6723/
Roumont6719/
Roymoun6717/
Romajot6710/
Roumois677/
Rotmong675/
Roumouz675/
Romaova674/
Rothmon672/
Romosin672/
Hromojs672/
Roumayo671/
Rhomouz671/
Roumond671/
Roytmon671/
Romound671/
Romoine671/
Roumoun671/
Rommoom671/
Romajos671/
Romoaja671/
Hroumou671/
Rohmond670/
Rommond670/

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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 Romão
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