The Roma surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,732 people carried this name — #15,516 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 218 people named Roma.
88 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Hérault.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
75 people named Roma live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Roma in American newspapers,
1912–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 169,190 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Roma,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giulio Roma 1584–1652 · Catholic priest -
Carlos Roma du Bocage 1853–1918 · politician -
Carlos Roma du Bocage 1853–1918 · politician
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Juan María Roma 1870–1946 · politician -
Enrico Roma 1888–1941 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Roma.
- Rolli 420 · U.S. census
- Rollin 1,273 · U.S. census
- Rolling 2,086 · U.S. census
- Rollinger 463 · U.S. census
- Rollo 2,149 · U.S. census
- Roloff 2,254 · U.S. census
- Romagnoli 565 · U.S. census
- Romagnolo 117 · U.S. census
- Romain 2,428 · U.S. census
- Roman 59,020 · U.S. census
- Romana 215 · U.S. census
- Romane 218 · U.S. census
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