The Romer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,456 people carried this name — #9,407 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 11% from 3,111 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,266 people named Romer live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 171 people named Romer.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Martinique.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 110 people named Romer live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
78 people named Romer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 149 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Romer 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 Antwerp.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Romer.
- Romary 200 · U.S. census
- Rombach 663 · U.S. census
- Rome 5,037 · U.S. census
- Romei 178 · U.S. census
- Romens 133 · U.S. census
- Romeo 8,636 · U.S. census
- Romera 222 · U.S. census
- Romero 208,614 · U.S. census
- Romeu 329 · U.S. census
- Romey 540 · U.S. census
- Rominger 1,542 · U.S. census
- Romiti 142 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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