# Rom (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rom/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,068 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,714 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 289,088 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.8% (982 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rom in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 69% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 21% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rom in Austria.

## People named Rom

- Dagmar Rom, alpine skier (1928–2022)

## Similar surnames

Romo, Romeo, Rome, Roma, Rohm, Romney, Ron, Ryan, Reyna, Rainey, Ramey, Rooney.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.