The surname of Roman comes from the Latin name of ‘Romanus’ and the Old French term of ‘romeyn’. The term was connected to a person living or visiting in Rome, Italy and a citizen of Rome. The surname is found as a French, German, Romanian, Polish and English surname. Variations in the spelling of Roman include Romain, Romayne, Rome and Romans. In Italian the name is Romano and in Spanish it is Román. In England the highest concentrations of Roman families is in Lancashire, and the city of London. Other areas include Essex, Somerset and into Glamorgan in Wales. In Scotland only a tiny pocket with the Roman surname, mostly in Midlothian county. Within the United States the Roman surname is limited to just a few areas. The highest concentration is in Pennsylvania and then New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. Famous: Johan Helmich Roman (a music composer from Sweden) and Bernard Romans (a 18th century engineer, navigator and surveyor from the Netherlands).