Surname Roman in modern Croatia

Roman families are generally Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik area (otok Zirje), less frequently Rusyns. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Roman live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Sibenik (25), Rijeka (20), Zagreb (10), Zirje (<10), and in Dubrovnik (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Australia (2), France (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Roman (including: Rohman , Romann , Romahn , Romman , Rooman , Rhoman , Romhan , Romaan and Rroman ) is present in 139 countries worldwide. The family name "Roman " is used by some 300000 people in Mexico , about 200000 in the United States , and some 100000 people in Spain. "Rohman " is used by some 100000 people in Indonesia , about 10000 in Bangladesh , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Romann " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 400 in France , and some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Iva Roman, Zdenko Roman, Blanka Roman, Maksim Roman, Leo Roman, Dora Roman, Zvonko Roman, Katija Roman, Vladimir Roman, Renato Roman, Nidija Roman, Denis Roman, Andrijana Roman, Marin Roman, Živko Roman, Joško Roman, Maja Roman, Mihaela Roman, Ivana Roman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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