Roa

See also: roa

English

Etymology

(surname) From Spanish.

Proper noun

Roa (countable and uncountable, plural Roas)

1. A surname.
2. A transliteration of the Arabic female given name رُؤَى (ruʔā).
3. A village in Comoé district, Ivory Coast.
4. The administrative centre of Lunner municipality, Viken, Norway.
5. A small settlement in Grey district, West Coast, New Zealand, from the Maori language.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Roa is the 5589^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6221 individuals. Roa is most common among Hispanic/Latino (82.32%) individuals.

Anagrams

• AOR, AoR, ora, aro, OAR, ARO, Ora, Rao, oar

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Spanish.

Proper noun

Roa

1. a surname from Spanish

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ro‧a

Proper noun

Roa

1. a surname from Spanish

Spanish

Etymology

Habitational surname from the City of Roa, which lies on the Duero River in the Province of Burgos, Spain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroa/ [ˈro.a]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: Ro‧a

Proper noun

Roa m or f by sense

1. a surname

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾoa/ [ˈɾoː.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: Ro‧a

Proper noun

Roa (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜏ)

1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Roa is the 269th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 27,905 individuals.

Anagrams

• ora

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Spanish.

Proper noun

Roa

1. a surname from Spanish