How common is the surname Romero?

208,614 people in the United States had the surname Romero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,480 Americans. It ranked 115th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Romero?

Sergio Romero, Argentine association football player, followed by Cesar Romero.

Where is the surname Romero most common?

Wikidata records people named Romero in Argentina, the United States and Brazil and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Romero getting more or less common?

More common. 153,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 208,614 in 2010, up 36%.

The surname Romero

A Spanish surname, carried by 208,614 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Romero is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Romero.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 208,614 people named Romero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,480 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 153,772.

#115

rank among US surnames

208,614

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+35.7%

change since 2000 (was #154)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#106	Bell	220,599	1,400
#107	Coleman	219,070	1,409
#108	Butler	218,847	1,411
#109	Henderson	218,393	1,414
#110	Barnes	218,241	1,415
#111	Gonzales	214,758	1,438
#112	Fisher	214,703	1,438

Who is named Romero

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

89% of people named Romero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
White (not Hispanic) 8.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Two or more races 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Romeros

30 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sergio Romero
Argentine association football player, born 1987
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, born 2004
Alejandro Romero Gamarra
Argentine-Paraguayan footballer, born 1995
Jordan Romero
American mountaineer, born 1996
Lucas Romero
Argentinian footballer, born 1994
Tomás Romero Pereira
41.° President of Paraguay (1954)
Kleber Romero
Brazilian association football player, born 1976
Luciano Romero
Argentine association football player, born 1993
Maximiliano Romero
Argentinian association football player, born 1999

Notable Romeros come mostly from Argentina (13), the United States (11) and Brazil (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Romero

Romero has the Soundex code R560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R560.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Romero come from?: From Spanish Romero.
How common is the surname Romero?: 208,614 people in the United States had the surname Romero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,480 Americans. It ranked 115th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Romero?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Romero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Romero?: Sergio Romero, Argentine association football player, followed by Cesar Romero.
Where is the surname Romero most common?: Wikidata records people named Romero in Argentina, the United States and Brazil and 3 other countries.
Is the surname Romero getting more or less common?: More common. 153,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 208,614 in 2010, up 36%.