# Roman (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 72,918 |
| US rank (2010) | 452 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,234 people |
| Change since 2000 | +24% (59,020 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹoʊ.mən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. By surface analysis, Rom(e) + -an. Doublet of Romano. Displaced native Romish. * In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Medieval Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Roman 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) | 21% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 76% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Roman in the United States, Romania and Bolivia.

## People named Roman

- Nancy Roman, American astronomer and principal in the Hubble Space Telescope project (1925-2018)
- Petre Roman, 53rd Prime Minister of Romania (1989-1991)
- Ruth Roman, American actress (1922-1999)
- Brian P. Roman, American astronomer
- Phil Roman, American animator
- Andre B. Roman, American politician (1795-1866)
- Tami Roman, American television personality (born 1970)
- Diego Medina, Bolivian footballer

## Similar surnames

Romano, Romine, Rehman, Romain, Reiman, Raman, Romaine, Ryman, Romney, Rieman, Romani, Ronan.

## 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.