# Romanoff (surname)

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

A surname from Russian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Russian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 746 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,107 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 413,868 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (716 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Romanov |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Рома́нов (Románov). From Рома́н (Román), from Romance Roman, from Latin Roma (“Rome”), possibly from a name for river (referring to the Tiber).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Romanoff 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Romanova.

## 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.