Room Surname
Approximately 15,313 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameRoom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 11,157 | 1:16,012 | 1,026 |
| United Arab Emirates | 634 | 1:14,452 | 1,771 |
| England | 608 | 1:91,642 | 9,853 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| India | 283 | 1:2,710,478 | 84,163 |
| Indonesia | 273 | 1:484,429 | 39,843 |
| Malaysia | 250 | 1:117,977 | 7,803 |
| Netherlands | 195 | 1:86,601 | 14,364 |
| United States | 180 | 1:2,013,661 | 129,138 |
| Australia | 153 | 1:176,442 | 17,942 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Belgium | 134 | 1:85,796 | 13,407 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| France | 73 | 1:909,900 | 105,096 |
| Sweden | 65 | 1:151,489 | 10,616 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| South Africa | 35 | 1:1,547,934 | 78,799 |
| Peru | 34 | 1:934,827 | 18,471 |
| Cambodia | 32 | 1:483,973 | 4,154 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 387 | 1:62,985 | 7,305 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:74,686 | 3,520 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 51 | 1:984,680 | 58,342 |
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.
A place in the parish of Crail, in Fifeshire.
From the German, Ruhm; from the Flemish, Rooms; a personal name.
Room Demographics
Average Male Room Height
174.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roome | 89 | 2,732 | / |
| Roomn | 89 | 2 | / |
| Roosm | 89 | 1 | / |
| Rhoom | 89 | 1 | / |
| Rom | 86 | 20,733 | / |
| Roosme | 80 | 29 | / |
| Rhoome | 80 | 1 | / |
| Roosem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rome | 75 | 20,565 | / |
| Rohm | 75 | 5,411 | / |
| Hrom | 75 | 2,440 | / |
| Roon | 75 | 1,775 | / |
| Romn | 75 | 1,764 | / |
| Romm | 75 | 1,245 | / |
| Roem | 75 | 568 | / |
| Roum | 75 | 381 | / |
| Rhom | 75 | 368 | / |
| Roim | 75 | 278 | / |
| Ørom | 75 | 51 | / |
| Ruom | 75 | 19 | / |
| Rosm | 75 | 14 | / |
| Rotm | 75 | 5 | / |
| Romd | 75 | 5 | / |
| Romh | 75 | 4 | / |
| Romq | 75 | 4 | / |
| Romø | 75 | 2 | / |
| Romg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Romt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rzom | 75 | 1 | / |
| Roym | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rrom | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rgom | 75 | 1 | / |
| Roochim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rotem | 67 | 2,384 | / |
| Romme | 67 | 2,114 | / |
| Rosim | 67 | 933 | / |
| Roume | 67 | 771 | / |
| Rhome | 67 | 699 | / |
| Rotim | 67 | 670 | / |
| Roong | 67 | 278 | / |
| Rohym | 67 | 185 | / |
| Romdh | 67 | 180 | / |
| Rosme | 67 | 147 | / |
| Rhoum | 67 | 90 | / |
| Rosem | 67 | 54 | / |
| Romne | 67 | 39 | / |
| Roone | 67 | 34 | / |
| Rhoon | 67 | 31 | / |
| Hroon | 67 | 26 | / |
| Roumm | 67 | 17 | / |
| Rocem | 67 | 15 | / |
| Hroum | 67 | 12 | / |
| Rocim | 67 | 12 | / |
| Rohum | 67 | 11 | / |
| Rosmh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hromc | 67 | 7 | / |
| Roond | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hromm | 67 | 4 | / |
| Roeym | 67 | 3 | / |
| Roime | 67 | 3 | / |
| Royme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rotme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rgoon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rroum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rromë | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rotmm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rothm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roumt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hrome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Romck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roumn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roohn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Rohhm | 67 | 0 | / |
| Roonn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Rhoem | 67 | 0 | / |
| Roont | 67 | 0 | / |
Room Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Room in the Hindi language | ||
| रूम | ruma | 95.97 |
| रुम | ruma | 4.03 |
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