The Rommel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,604 people carried this name — #17,541 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,655 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Rommel surname
From the Dutch surname, from rommelen (“to rumble”). Also a spelling variant of Rummel.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rommel» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 241 people named Rommel.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Nord.
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 207 people named Rommel 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 West Flanders.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
86 people named Rommel live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Poland’s population register
65 people named Rommel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 91 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 47 people named Rommel 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 the Nordic population registers
45 people named Rommel is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Rommel in American newspapers,
1873–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,504 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rommel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alice Cordier 1997– · opinion journalist
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rommel.
- 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
- Romme 118 · U.S. census
- Romney 1,755 · U.S. census
- Romo 26,283 · U.S. census
- Romon 107 · U.S. census
- Romulus 641 · U.S. census
- Ronchetti 341 · U.S. census
- Ronchi 199 · U.S. census
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