In Europe, there are currently between 12 and 20 million Roma people spread across the various European countries and in North Africa. However, most of them live in Central European countries, such as Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Romania, Moldova. Others live in North Africa. They have settled in most European countries. The largest concentration is currently in Central European countries and the Balkans. Groups of Romani also settled in Bohemia around the 13th or 14th century, hence the name "Bohemia" and "Bohemians" when the authorities allowed them to settle there.