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The surname Romans

A surname, carried by 3,715 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɹoʊmənz/ 2 syllables Soundex R552

Romans: #8,813 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Romans #8,813, 3,715 people Romans: #8,813 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Romans #8,813, 3,715 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Romans is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,715 people named Romans in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,108 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,574.

#8,813
rank among US surnames
3,715
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+3.9%
change since 2000 (was #8,490)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,807Sudduth3,71883,041
#8,808Peart3,71783,063
#8,812Villela3,71683,085
#8,813Romans3,71583,108
#8,814Coblentz3,71483,130
#8,817Lonergan3,71383,153

Who is named Romans

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

90% of people named Romans identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 90%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Romans

Romans has the Soundex code R552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R552.

Questions

How common is the surname Romans?
3,715 people in the United States had the surname Romans in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,108 Americans. It ranked 8,813th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Romans?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Romans identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Romans?
Romans is /ˈɹoʊmənz/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Romans getting more or less common?
More common. 3,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,715 in 2010, up 3.9%.