Surname Romani in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Romani families are Croats (from Dubrovnik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Romani live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties and another small place , mostly in Dubrovnik (<5), Zvekovica in Dubrovnik area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Split (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Romani (including: Romany , Rohmani , Romanih , Romanie , Romanii , Roomani , Rhomani , Romhani and Rommani ) is present in 93 countries worldwide. "Romanie " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Romany " is used by some 8000 people in Egypt , about 800 in Trinidad and Tobago , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vera Romani, Paola Romani, Romano Romani, Antun Romani, Edita Romani, Anđelka Romani, Felice Romani, Maria Romani, Đino Romani, Miroslava Romani, Romana Romani, Zoran Romani, Robert Romani, Carlotta Romani, Vittorio Romani, Pia Romani, Maro Romani, Barbara Romani, Ljubica Romani

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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