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roman Name Meaning and History

  1. Catalan, French, English, German (also Romann), Polish, Hungarian (Román), Romanian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian: from the Latin personal name Romanus, which originally meant ‘Roman’. This name was borne by several saints, including a 7th-century bishop of Rouen.
  2. English, French, and Catalan: regional or ethnic name for someone from Rome or from Italy in general, or a nickname for someone who had some connection with Rome, as for example having been there on a pilgrimage. Compare Romero.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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roman Family Facts

Distribution of roman Families in the US in 1920
Number of roman families
 289-576
 97-288		 1-96
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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