The Jerome surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,131 people carried this name — #3,885 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,300 people counted. That is up 12% from 8,179 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,952 people named Jerome.
55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Aisne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 137 people named Jerome live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Jerome live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Jerome in American newspapers,
1907–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 542,203 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Jerome,
with a public archive behind them.
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Addison G. Jerome 1811–1864 · entrepreneur -
Leonard Jerome 1817–1891 · entrepreneur -
David Jerome 1829–1896 · politician -
Henry Edward Jerome 1830–1901 · military officer -
Samuel K. Jerome d. 1966
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Ursula Jerome d. 1964
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jerome.
- Jenni 174 · U.S. census
- Jenny 1,432 · U.S. census
- Jensen 115,679 · U.S. census
- Jeremie 208 · U.S. census
- Jerez 4,074 · U.S. census
- Jermann 138 · U.S. census
- Jeronimo 2,641 · U.S. census
- Jessel 322 · U.S. census
- Jesson 392 · U.S. census
- Jesus 2,033 · U.S. census
- Jette 1,500 · U.S. census
- Jeu 150 · U.S. census
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