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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).

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Distribution of rom Families in the US in 1920
Number of rom families
 15-28
 6-14
 1-5
 0
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Roms of Pinczow Marilyn Krzus 1
Rom family in Carinthia/Austria Michael H. Webe 1
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The Vogrin and Kardos Families of Jilava and Pruzina Austra/Hungary dondeevogrin 3
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