Romer

Romer is the 9,965th most common surname in the United States, shared by 3,090 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 96,700.

By the numbers

People: 3,090
Rank: 9,965th
How common: 1 in 96,700
Per 100,000: 1.0

Where the name comes from

In some cases (of people so surnamed) from German Römer (“Roman”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Romer described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 79.6%
Hispanic or Latino 8.0%
Black, not Hispanic 6.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.1%

Notable people called Romer

Ole Rømer (1644–1710)Danish astronomer (*1644 – †1710)
Paul M. Romer (born 1955)American economist
Christina Romer (born 1958)economist
Alfred Romer (1894–1973)American paleontologist
Erich Römer (1894–1987)German ice hockey player
Roy Romer (born 1928)American politician
Suzanne Römer (born 1959)Curaçao politician
David Romer (born 1958)American economist

People named Romer with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Romer

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.