The rom Surname

rom Name Meaning and History

Dutch: variant of Rome.
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): acronymic name of uncertain derivation.
German: from a place name in Pomerania.
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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rom Family Facts

Distribution of rom Families in the US in 1920

Number of rom families

15-28

6-14

1-5

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 6 - Messages: 18

Thread	Author	Replies
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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