Rooms Surname
Approximately 1,377 people bear this surname
Rooms Surname User-submission:
The Rooms surname is a variant of the surname van Rome. It is a Dutch surname, meaning 'from Rome'.
Rooms Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 938 | 1:12,257 | 1,829 |
| England | 257 | 1:216,802 | 18,442 |
| South Africa | 79 | 1:685,794 | 49,549 |
| Jamaica | 42 | 1:68,332 | 3,418 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 97 | 1:251,292 | 18,244 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Rooms (36) may also be a first name.
Rooms Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Rooms surname is a variant of the surname van Rome. It is a Dutch surname, meaning 'from Rome'.
- remmrRooms Demographics
Average Rooms Salary in
England
£30,266
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Rooms Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rooms Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rooms is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rooms? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 280,464th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,292,335 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Rooms live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 66 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly held forename throughout the world It is held by 36 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is held by 938 people, or 1 in 12,257. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 4 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Belgium this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent reside and South Africa, where 6 percent reside.
Rooms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Rooms has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Rooms last name grew 265 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rooms Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Rooms earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 20.81% less than the national average, earning R 188,196 per year and in Canada they earn 8.47% less than the national average, earning $45,476 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhooms | 91 | 622 | / |
| Roohms | 91 | 10 | / |
| Roms | 89 | 212 | / |
| Roems | 80 | 146 | / |
| Romse | 80 | 80 | / |
| Romsø | 80 | 15 | / |
| Romås | 80 | 9 | / |
| Romss | 80 | 6 | / |
| Rohms | 80 | 4 | / |
| Roums | 80 | 3 | / |
| Roons | 80 | 2 | / |
| Romms | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rhoms | 80 | 1 | / |
| Romsøe | 73 | 37 | / |
| Romshe | 73 | 20 | / |
| Romnæs | 73 | 13 | / |
| Rhomms | 73 | 2 | / |
| Rhoons | 73 | 1 | / |
| Roonse | 73 | 0 | / |
| Rams | 67 | 5,586 | / |
| Geeroms | 67 | 1,716 | / |
| Roosens | 67 | 1,437 | / |
| Rons | 67 | 361 | / |
| Romz | 67 | 11 | / |
| Rootens | 67 | 9 | / |
| Rochims | 67 | 9 | / |
| Rums | 67 | 8 | / |
| Romnæss | 67 | 3 | / |
| Romx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Romsova | 67 | 1 | / |
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