How rare is the last name Romeo?

8,249 people in the United States have the last name Romeo, about 1 in 36,234. It ranks #4,156 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ROMEO

#4,156

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,249
About
1 in 36,234
This common or more
56.4%
Who bears it

Of the 8,249 people with the last name Romeo, 79.5% reported their origin as White, 9.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Romeo

#4,154 Forsyth · 8,265#4,155 Freedman · 8,251#4,157 Southard · 8,246#4,157 Zayas · 8,246

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Romeo, most common first.

#1,348 Romo · 25,500#6,545 Rome · 4,980#38,939 Romey · 611#50,912 Romeu · 443#96,193 Romao · 203#106,589 Romei · 178

Also a first name

As a first name, Romeo ranks #1,475 of 53,615, with 22,794 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 1,191 births. See Romeo as a first name

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