# Romanova (surname)

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

A female surname from Russian, masculine equivalent Romanov.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Russian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 161 |
| US rank (2010) | 109,758 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,917,674 people |
| Change since 2000 | +61% (100 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian and Russian Романова (Romanova), feminine form of Романов (Romanov).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Romanova 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) | 97% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Romanova in the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire.

## People named Romanova

- Yelena Romanova, athletics competitor (1963-2007)
- Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia, (1825-1846)

## Similar surnames

Romanoff.

## 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.