The Romine surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,704 people carried this name — #4,604 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,452 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

28 families named Romine, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 164 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 12 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

New York 12
Pennsylvania 8
Virginia 3
Connecticut 2
Massachusetts 1
Maryland 1
North Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 259 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Romine in American newspapers,
1914–1925.

Newspaper page from Rawlins Republican carrying the name Romine
Rawlins Republican 1916-06-15
Newspaper page from The Spanish American carrying the name Romine
The Spanish American 1914-04-11
Newspaper page from The Seattle Star carrying the name Romine
The Seattle Star 1925-06-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,685 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Romine in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1910s.

22 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Romine. The most, 5, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 8
Victoria 7
Queensland 4
Tasmania 2
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Romine.

Who carried it

People named Romine,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary Colgan Romine 1885–1977
  • Julia Rebecca Romine Hardin 1908–1995 · writer
  • Roy T. Romine 1920–2006
  • Joan Carol Burmeister Romine 1923–1979 · writer
  • Al Romine 1932–2015 · American football player
  • Chuck Romine 1936–2023 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Romine,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States384 records

384 records of the Romine name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 256
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 107
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Berney W. Romine

    Born 1916 in Canada. Enlisted 1943 at Portland, Oregon; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1984, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Albert W. Romine

    Born 1945; from Burlingame, Kansas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Kontum, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Damon T. Romine

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1937, died 2001; buried at Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Fernley, Nevada.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 384 records for Romine in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Romine name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Clara Jeannie Romine

    Buried in 1983 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 50.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Mary Rosella Romine

    Born 1869 in Metaghan, Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Romine name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Maria Romine

    In the population register of Nijmegen; born in Zutphen.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Nijmegen (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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