How common is the surname Romney?

1,755 people in the United States had the surname Romney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. It ranked 16,395th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Romney?

Mitt Romney, American politician and businessman (born 1947), followed by David Romney.

Where is the surname Romney most common?

Wikidata records people named Romney in the United States.

How do you pronounce Romney?

Romney is /ˈɹɑːmni/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Romney getting more or less common?

More common. 1,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,755 in 2010, up 23%.

The surname Romney

An English surname, carried by 1,755 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɹɑːmni/ 2 syllables Soundex R500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Romney is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From a name of a village in Kent (see Old Romney), from a compound of Latin rumen (“gullet”) and Old English ēa (“river”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,755 people named Romney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,422.

#16,395

rank among US surnames

1,755

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+23.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,077)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,390	Hoeppner	1,756	175,823
#16,395	Bebout	1,755	175,923

Who is named Romney

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

81% of people named Romney identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.6%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Romneys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mitt Romney
American politician and businessman (born 1947)
David Romney
American soccer player, born 1993
Wavy Gravy
American entertainer, born 1936

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Rumney

Surnames that sound like Romney

Romney has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Romney come from?: From a name of a village in Kent (see Old Romney), from a compound of Latin rumen (“gullet”) and Old English ēa (“river”).
How common is the surname Romney?: 1,755 people in the United States had the surname Romney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. It ranked 16,395th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Romney?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Romney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Romney?: Mitt Romney, American politician and businessman (born 1947), followed by David Romney.
Where is the surname Romney most common?: Wikidata records people named Romney in the United States.
How do you pronounce Romney?: Romney is /ˈɹɑːmni/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Romney getting more or less common?: More common. 1,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,755 in 2010, up 23%.
What are other spellings of Romney?: Rumney.