# Rome (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rome/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,037 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,704 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 61,296 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.4% (5,056 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɹəʊm/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Rom, Roome, Room, Rhoome, Romme, Rowme, Roym, Rum, Roma |

## Etymology

From Middle English Rome, from Old English Rōm, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu, from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō and influenced by Late Latin Rōma (“Rome, Constantinople”), from Classical Latin Rōma (“Rome”). In Roman mythology, the name was said to derive from Romulus, one of the founders of the city and its first king. The name appears in a wide range of forms in Middle English, including Rom, Room, Roome, and Rombe as well as Rome; by early modern English, it appeared as Rome, Room, and Roome, with the spelling Rome occurring in Shakespeare and common from the early 18th century on. The final spelling was influenced by Norman, Middle French, Anglo-Norman, and Old French Rome. Doublet of Roma and Rum.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rome 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rome in the United States and Italy.

## People named Rome

- Sydne Rome, American-Italian film actress
- Harold Rome, American composer, lyricist, and writer for musical theater (1908-1993)
- Jarred Rome, American discus thrower (1976-2019)

## Similar surnames

Romo, Romeo, Roma, Rohm, Roehm, Rom, Roney, Roane, Rone, Rowen, Romney, Ryan.

## 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.