The surname Romanoff
A Russian surname, carried by 746 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex R551
Origin
Russian origin
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).
One of 24 Russian surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 746 people named Romanoff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 413,868 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 716.
Who is named Romanoff
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Romanoff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Romanov
Surnames that sound like Romanoff
Romanoff has the Soundex code R551, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R551.
Other Russian surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Romanoff come from?
- 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).
- How common is the surname Romanoff?
- 746 people in the United States had the surname Romanoff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 413,868 Americans. It ranked 31,107th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Romanoff?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Romanoff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Romanoff getting more or less common?
- More common. 716 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 746 in 2010, up 4.2%.
- What are other spellings of Romanoff?
- Romanov.