How common is the surname Roemer?

3,551 people in the United States had the surname Roemer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,946 Americans. It ranked 9,186th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Roemer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Roemer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Roemer?

Sarah Roemer, American actress, followed by Elizabeth Roemer.

Where is the surname Roemer most common?

Wikidata records people named Roemer in the United States.

Is the surname Roemer getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,621 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,551 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Roemer

A German surname, carried by 3,551 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roemer is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Römer.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,551 people named Roemer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,946 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,621.

#9,186

rank among US surnames

3,551

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,390)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,177	Hearne	3,554	86,873
#9,181	Tasker	3,553	86,897
#9,184	Liberty	3,552	86,922
#9,186	Scalise	3,551	86,946
#9,190	Fetzer	3,550	86,971
#9,192	Jimerson	3,548	87,020
#9,195	Samano	3,547	87,044

Who is named Roemer

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Roemer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Roemers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sarah Roemer
American actress, born 1984
Elizabeth Roemer
American astronomer (1929–2016)
Buddy Roemer
American politician (1943–2021)
John Roemer
American economist (born 1945)
Timothy J. Roemer
American politician, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Roemer

Roemer has the Soundex code R560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R560.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Roemer come from?: Borrowed from German Römer.
How common is the surname Roemer?: 3,551 people in the United States had the surname Roemer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,946 Americans. It ranked 9,186th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roemer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Roemer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Roemer?: Sarah Roemer, American actress, followed by Elizabeth Roemer.
Where is the surname Roemer most common?: Wikidata records people named Roemer in the United States.
Is the surname Roemer getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,621 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,551 in 2010, down 1.9%.