The Romano surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 27,401 people carried this name — #1,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,840 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,067 people named Romano live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,413 people named Romano.
677 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 59 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 531 people named Romano 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 mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
58 people named Romano have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 150 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Romano in American newspapers,
1902–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 40,814 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Romano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cunizza da Romano 1198–1279 -
Giles of Rome 1243–1316 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Romano.
- Romane 218 · U.S. census
- Romanelli 1,822 · U.S. census
- Romanello 700 · U.S. census
- Romani 1,174 · U.S. census
- Romanini 230 · U.S. census
- Romann 164 · U.S. census
- Romanowski 2,780 · U.S. census
- Romary 193 · U.S. census
- Rombach 626 · U.S. census
- Rome 5,056 · U.S. census
- Romei 154 · U.S. census
- Romens 128 · U.S. census
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