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rom Name Meaning and History

  1. Dutch: variant of Rome.
  2. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): acronymic name of uncertain derivation.
  3. German: from a place name in Pomerania.
  4. German: ethnic name or epithet for someone who had a connection with Rome (see Roman).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The rom name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the rom family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of rom Families in the US in 1920
Number of rom families
 15-28
 6-14		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 6 - Messages: 18
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Roms from Slovenia George Plautz 5
The Vogrin and Kardos Families of Jilava and Pruzina Austra/Hungary dondeevogrin 3
Rom family in Carinthia/Austria Michael H. Webe 0
Roms of Pinczow Marilyn Krzus 0
rose rom mary o'keefe 4
Ellen Victoria Rom Gustafson Kathy 0
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