The Romero surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 208,614 people carried this name — #115 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,410 people counted. That is up 36% from 153,772 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Romero surname
From Late Latin Rōmaeus, adapted to the suffix -ero; from Byzantine Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, literally “Roman”), name used in the Byzantine Empire for Westerners who crossed to the east on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and on to Rome.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Romero» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 356,015 people named Romero 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,887 people named Romero.
898 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 75 départements, most often Hérault.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
1,100 people named Romero live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
228 people named Romero are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Romero in American newspapers,
1909–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 110,116 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Romero,
with a public archive behind them.
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Julián Romero 1518–1577 · military personnel -
José Romero y Fernández de Landa 1735–1807 · sailor -
Pedro Romero Martínez 1754–1839 · bullfighter -
Juan Romero Alpuente 1762–1835 · politician -
Gregorio Romero de Larrañaga 1814–1872 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 169 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Romero.
- Rome 5,037 · U.S. census
- Romei 178 · U.S. census
- Romens 133 · U.S. census
- Romeo 8,636 · U.S. census
- Romer 3,456 · U.S. census
- Romera 222 · U.S. census
- Romeu 329 · U.S. census
- Romey 540 · U.S. census
- Rominger 1,542 · U.S. census
- Romiti 142 · U.S. census
- Romme 118 · U.S. census
- Rommel 1,604 · U.S. census
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