# Romero (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/romero/  
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 Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 208,614 |
| US rank (2010) | 115 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,480 people |
| Change since 2000 | +36% (153,772 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Romero.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Romero 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) | 8.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 89% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Romero in Argentina, the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay and Bolivia.

## People named Romero

- Sergio Romero, Argentine association football player
- Cesar Romero, American actor (1907–1994)
- Cristian Romero, Argentine association football player (born 1998)
- John Romero, American video game designer (born 1967)
- Luka Romero, Argentine-Spanish-Mexican association football player
- Alejandro Romero Gamarra, Argentine-Paraguayan footballer
- Jordan Romero, American mountaineer
- Lucas Romero, Argentinian footballer
- Tomás Romero Pereira, 41.° President of Paraguay (1954)
- Kleber Romero, Brazilian association football player
- Luciano Romero, Argentine association football player
- Maximiliano Romero, Argentinian association football player

and 18 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Ramer, Roemer, Romer, Rymer, Rimer, Rohner, Renner, Reimer, Raynor, Reiner, Raymer, Rayner.

## 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.