How common is the surname Rommel?

1,604 people in the United States had the surname Rommel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,485 Americans. It ranked 17,541st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rommel?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rommel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Rommel getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,604 in 2010, down 3.1%.

Is Rommel also a first name?

Yes. Rommel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rommel

A surname, carried by 1,604 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rommel is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

From the Dutch surname, from rommelen (“to rumble”). Also a spelling variant of Rummel.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,604 people named Rommel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,485 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,655.

#17,541

rank among US surnames

1,604

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,087)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,537	Lipsky	1,605	192,365
#17,541	Rommel	1,604	192,485

Who is named Rommel

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

94% of people named Rommel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Rommel

Rummel

Rommel has the Soundex code R540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R540.

Questions

Where does the surname Rommel come from?: From the Dutch surname, from rommelen (“to rumble”). Also a spelling variant of Rummel.
How common is the surname Rommel?: 1,604 people in the United States had the surname Rommel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,485 Americans. It ranked 17,541st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rommel?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rommel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rommel getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,604 in 2010, down 3.1%.
Is Rommel also a first name?: Yes. Rommel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.