How common is the surname Romain?

2,946 people in the United States had the surname Romain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,802 Americans. It ranked 10,812th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Romain getting more or less common?

More common. 2,428 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,946 in 2010, up 21%.

Is Romain also a first name?

Yes. Romain is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Romain

A French surname, carried by 2,946 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R550 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Romain is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,946 people named Romain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,802 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,428.

#10,812

rank among US surnames

2,946

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+21.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,818)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,806	Mahaney	2,949	104,695
#10,808	Hoskinson	2,948	104,731
#10,809	Horak	2,947	104,766
#10,812	Romain	2,946	104,802
#10,815	Kloss	2,945	104,837

Who is named Romain

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

52% of people named Romain identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 52%
White (not Hispanic) 38%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.8%
Two or more races 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Romain

Romain has the Soundex code R550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R550.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Romain come from?: Romain is French in origin.
How common is the surname Romain?: 2,946 people in the United States had the surname Romain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,802 Americans. It ranked 10,812th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Romain?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Romain identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Romain getting more or less common?: More common. 2,428 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,946 in 2010, up 21%.
Is Romain also a first name?: Yes. Romain is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.