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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
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Threads: 17 - Messages: 29
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Roma Brooks joice45 1
Looking for Roma and Engroff Family jljerivano 0
Roma from MA and ME and Halifax PEI areas Sharon Stout 1
origin of Roma barbara 1
James Roma Patty Roma 7
Jay or John Roma in Ocala in '77 now possibly in Mass. Tennille Schmidt 0
Roma/Romo family lived in Mesquite, Texas sara 0
ROMA JACKSON SandyMiller95 0
roma madisonk32 0
Roma in Texas saritarocha 0
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