Romain surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Romain surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,428 people carried this name — #11,818 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,201 people named Romain.

101 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 94 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 101
Seine-Maritime 447
Guadeloupe 280
Paris 199
Haute-Vienne 130
Doubs 110
Ardèche 96
Eure 90
Calvados 72

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 1,011 people named Romain 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 Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 384
Namur 274
Walloon Brabant 151
Liège 69
Luxembourg Province 57
Brussels-Capital 44
Flemish Brabant 22
Antwerp 10

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

39 people named Romain live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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

Vaud 21
Geneva 8
Basel-Stadt 6
Neuchâtel 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Romain is.
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