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roma Name Meaning and History

  1. Italian: habitational name from the city of Rome (Italian Roma).
  2. Catalan (Romà): from the personal name Romà (from Latin Romanus (‘from Rome’), borne by several saints).
  3. Catalan and Galician: habitational name from any of several places in Valencia and Galicia named Roma, of uncertain derivation.

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Distribution of roma Families in the US in 1920
Number of roma families
 25-48
 9-24
 1-8
 0
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