Room Surname

34,602nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,313 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Room Surname Definition:

(Teutonic-Latin) for Rome, q.v. [cp. Old Norse Rúm, Rome; and Old English Rúm- wealh, a Roman] (Teutonic) 1 Fame, Glory [O.H.Ger. h)ruom (mod. ruhm) = Old Saxon hróm = Dutch room (cp. Rumbold] 2 Liberal, Magnificent [Old English rúm, (lit.

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Room Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan11,1571:16,0121,026
United Arab Emirates6341:14,4521,771
England6081:91,6429,853
Saudi Arabia3581:86,18912,374
India2831:2,710,47884,163
Indonesia2731:484,42939,843
Malaysia2501:117,9777,803
Netherlands1951:86,60114,364
United States1801:2,013,661129,138
Australia1531:176,44217,942
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Belgium1341:85,79613,407
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Kuwait1161:32,7654,071
France731:909,900105,096
Sweden651:151,48910,616
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Hong Kong561:130,9912,371
Canada391:944,75971,777
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
Peru341:934,82718,471
Cambodia321:483,9734,154
Estonia311:42,6398,109
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Qatar221:107,18211,536
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Wales191:162,87011,152
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Finland121:458,05828,977
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
China101:136,732,1577,199
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Macau11:601,6301,582
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3871:62,9857,305
Wales211:74,6863,520
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

Room (1,788) may also be a first name.

Room Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Teutonic-Latin) for Rome, q.v. [cp. Old Norse Rúm, Rome; and Old English Rúm- wealh, a Roman] (Teutonic) 1 Fame, Glory [O.H.Ger. h)ruom (mod. ruhm) = Old Saxon hróm = Dutch room (cp. Rumbold] 2 Liberal, Magnificent [Old English rúm, (lit.) spacious, (fig.) bountiful, noble, etc.; cognate with Old Norse rúm-r = Gothic rúm-s= Dutch ruim = Frisian rúm, spacious, roomy] We find the name Rúma in an Anglo-Saxon charter a.d. 958.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A place in the parish of Crail, in Fifeshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the German, Ruhm; from the Flemish, Rooms; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Room Last Name Facts

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

The last name Room (Hindi: रूम) occurs most in Pakistan. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Room click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Room? popularity and diffusion

Room is the 34,602nd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 475,906 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Room live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 73 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Room is also the 180,884th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 1,788 people.

This last name is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is held by 11,157 people, or 1 in 16,012. In Pakistan Room is most numerous in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 91 percent live, Sindh, where 5 percent live and Punjab, where 1 percent live. Not including Pakistan this surname is found in 81 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Room Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Room has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Room surname expanded 157 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 353 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it contracted 10 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Room Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (64%) in Russia.

The amount Room earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 25.21% less than the national average, earning 258,830 kr per year; in Peru they earn 37.66% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,085 per year; in South Africa they earn 205.61% more than the national average, earning R 726,240 per year; in United States they earn 63.16% more than the national average, earning $70,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.76% less than the national average, earning $42,845 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roome892,732/
Roomn892/
Roosm891/
Rhoom891/
Rom8620,733/
Roosme8029/
Rhoome801/
Roosem801/
Rome7520,565/
Rohm755,411/
Hrom752,440/
Roon751,775/
Romn751,764/
Romm751,245/
Roem75568/
Roum75381/
Rhom75368/
Roim75278/
Ørom7551/
Ruom7519/
Rosm7514/
Rotm755/
Romd755/
Romh754/
Romq754/
Romø752/
Romg751/
Romt751/
Rzom751/
Roym751/
Rrom751/
Rgom751/
Roochim731/
Rotem672,384/
Romme672,114/
Rosim67933/
Roume67771/
Rhome67699/
Rotim67670/
Roong67278/
Rohym67185/
Romdh67180/
Rosme67147/
Rhoum6790/
Rosem6754/
Romne6739/
Roone6734/
Rhoon6731/
Hroon6726/
Roumm6717/
Rocem6715/
Hroum6712/
Rocim6712/
Rohum6711/
Rosmh678/
Hromc677/
Roond675/
Hromm674/
Roeym673/
Roime673/
Royme672/
Rotme672/
Rgoon672/
Rroum671/
Rromë671/
Rotmm671/
Rothm671/
Roumt671/
Hrome671/
Romck671/
Ruome671/
Roumn671/
Roohn670/
Rohhm670/
Roonn670/
Rhoem670/
Roont670/

Room Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Room in the Hindi language
रूमruma95.97
रुमruma4.03

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