Romeo Forename
1,538th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 638,887 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Micronesia
Romeo Forename Definition:
‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?’ cried despairing Juliet in a somewhat different context. He is, because of Romulus, by way of Italian Romolo, of which it is an attractive reduction. Despite the Shakespearean lover, the name has never had much hold in Great Britain or even in Ireland.
Read More About This ForenameRomeo Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 458,768 | 1:231 | 8 |
| United States | 100% | 17,605 | 1:20,593 | 1,656 |
| Mexico | 100% | 17,524 | 1:7,084 | 722 |
| Italy | 100% | 15,976 | 1:3,822 | 395 |
| Cameroon | 90% | 11,463 | 1:1,885 | 376 |
| Romania | 100% | 7,882 | 1:2,544 | 290 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 7,385 | 1:2,181 | 381 |
| Ghana | 94% | 7,248 | 1:3,723 | 521 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 6,819 | 1:4,519 | 715 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 6,651 | 1:3,553 | 791 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,928 | 1:5,589 | 833 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 4,681 | 1:37,933 | 3,076 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4,124 | 1:38,667 | 3,622 |
| Benin | 100% | 3,640 | 1:2,905 | 600 |
| Egypt | 97% | 3,622 | 1:25,373 | 1,808 |
| South Africa | 99% | 3,406 | 1:16,011 | 2,382 |
| Liberia | 99% | 3,186 | 1:1,385 | 251 |
| Togo | - | 2,884 | 1:2,510 | 414 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 2,417 | 1:4,705 | 866 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 2,307 | 1:6,686 | 982 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 2,305 | 1:10,011 | 1,087 |
| El Salvador | - | 2,198 | 1:2,885 | 376 |
| India | 100% | 1,991 | 1:610,185 | 46,314 |
| Libya | - | 1,836 | 1:3,389 | 568 |
| Argentina | 98% | 1,793 | 1:23,856 | 1,005 |
| Russia | 99% | 1,762 | 1:81,858 | 1,654 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 1,671 | 1:44,182 | 2,995 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,573 | 1:1,937 | 414 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,573 | 1:29,580 | 1,504 |
| Angola | - | 1,485 | 1:18,159 | 1,621 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,475 | 1:145,245 | 7,170 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 982 | 1:8,364 | 921 |
| Suriname | 100% | 971 | 1:569 | 76 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 853 | 1:35,697 | 3,161 |
| France | 100% | 811 | 1:81,961 | 1,988 |
| Malawi | 100% | 804 | 1:21,284 | 1,901 |
| Georgia | 100% | 763 | 1:4,900 | 572 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 750 | 1:343,952 | 28,823 |
| Croatia | 100% | 711 | 1:5,931 | 598 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 704 | 1:14,817 | 1,533 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 704 | 1:24,009 | 2,149 |
| Germany | 100% | 687 | 1:140,725 | 2,561 |
| England | 99% | 684 | 1:81,291 | 3,279 |
| Congo | 100% | 682 | 1:7,345 | 996 |
| Namibia | - | 634 | 1:3,792 | 609 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 588 | 1:9,571 | 1,021 |
| Gabon | 100% | 561 | 1:3,357 | 747 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 554 | 1:42,906 | 6,748 |
| Peru | 100% | 519 | 1:61,255 | 2,787 |
| Qatar | 100% | 475 | 1:4,989 | 813 |
| Micronesia | - | 474 | 1:225 | 53 |
| Ecuador | - | 467 | 1:37,959 | 1,554 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 398 | 1:8,612 | 685 |
| Morocco | - | 382 | 1:89,918 | 3,081 |
| Greece | 100% | 332 | 1:32,935 | 1,370 |
| Zambia | - | 318 | 1:49,858 | 3,132 |
| Moldova | 100% | 311 | 1:11,451 | 504 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 311 | 1:98,992 | 2,890 |
| Chad | 100% | 309 | 1:44,008 | 4,322 |
| Belgium | 100% | 306 | 1:37,549 | 2,127 |
| Kenya | - | 303 | 1:152,829 | 6,836 |
| Guam | - | 297 | 1:541 | 86 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Botswana | 100% | 285 | 1:7,665 | 1,181 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 281 | 1:65,407 | 4,059 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 279 | 1:25,055 | 1,734 |
| Chile | 75% | 277 | 1:63,564 | 2,014 |
| Thailand | 100% | 258 | 1:271,573 | 15,954 |
| Jamaica | - | 255 | 1:11,307 | 1,215 |
| Guyana | 100% | 247 | 1:3,090 | 601 |
| Iraq | 100% | 241 | 1:145,302 | 2,922 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 235 | 1:128,519 | 5,395 |
| Uganda | 100% | 231 | 1:177,303 | 6,437 |
| Australia | - | 228 | 1:59,902 | 2,649 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 208 | 1:1,170 | 259 |
| Bahrain | - | 207 | 1:6,515 | 1,046 |
| Honduras | 100% | 193 | 1:45,686 | 2,161 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 141 | 1:17,438 | 1,183 |
| Israel | 84% | 138 | 1:60,891 | 3,411 |
| Sweden | 100% | 135 | 1:73,022 | 3,447 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 133 | 1:133,435 | 3,599 |
| Austria | 100% | 128 | 1:66,517 | 1,722 |
| Armenia | 100% | 127 | 1:22,982 | 1,271 |
| New Zealand | - | 118 | 1:38,441 | 2,326 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 114 | 1:73,464 | 2,601 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 111 | 1:54,219 | 2,536 |
| Belarus | 100% | 108 | 1:87,800 | 936 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85% | 107 | 1:76,190 | 7,201 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 105 | 1:12,966 | 1,800 |
| Singapore | 100% | 104 | 1:60,452 | 6,836 |
| Haiti | 100% | 101 | 1:106,207 | 5,907 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 101 | 1:450,494 | 2,052 |
| Oman | - | 100 | 1:41,087 | 2,443 |
| China | - | 85 | 1:16,071,244 | 60,092 |
| Marshall Islands | 98% | 77 | 1:665 | 56 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 72 | 1:133,930 | 5,208 |
| Belize | 100% | 70 | 1:5,062 | 1,019 |
| Czechia | 99% | 64 | 1:166,503 | 1,452 |
| Senegal | 95% | 63 | 1:231,450 | 4,367 |
| French Polynesia | - | 59 | 1:4,710 | 802 |
| Colombia | 100% | 58 | 1:823,775 | 10,256 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Brunei | - | 51 | 1:8,227 | 695 |
| Syria | - | 50 | 1:386,122 | 2,749 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 44 | 1:741,444 | 10,471 |
| Norway | 100% | 44 | 1:116,644 | 3,576 |
| Hong Kong | - | 41 | 1:189,091 | 3,221 |
| Japan | - | 40 | 1:3,199,651 | 23,520 |
| Malta | - | 40 | 1:10,734 | 1,062 |
| Estonia | 100% | 37 | 1:35,551 | 2,373 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 37 | 1:5,252,910 | 49,722 |
| Ireland | 100% | 36 | 1:128,987 | 2,887 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Finland | 100% | 35 | 1:156,662 | 2,989 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 35 | 1:1,562 | 330 |
| Turkey | 100% | 34 | 1:2,288,286 | 15,233 |
| Paraguay | 95% | 33 | 1:219,297 | 3,408 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 32 | 1:3,106 | 634 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 32 | 1:65,336 | 3,906 |
| Serbia | 100% | 31 | 1:230,507 | 3,768 |
| Hungary | 99% | 30 | 1:326,392 | 1,420 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Panama | 100% | 26 | 1:150,252 | 6,399 |
| Denmark | - | 21 | 1:269,024 | 5,348 |
| South Korea | - | 20 | 1:277,221 | 9,162 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 20 | 1:357,600 | 16,509 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:1,645 | 365 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:30,577 | 2,198 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 18 | 1:264,886 | 5,347 |
| Palestine | 100% | 18 | 1:252,781 | 2,534 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 17 | 1:2,042 | 490 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 17 | 1:6,456 | 983 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 16 | 1:3,831 | 730 |
| Scotland | 100% | 16 | 1:334,398 | 4,869 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 16 | 1:331,879 | 1,774 |
| Sudan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Latvia | 100% | 15 | 1:134,376 | 2,191 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 14 | 1:12,701 | 1,596 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 13 | 1:271,112 | 3,940 |
| Iceland | - | 13 | 1:28,155 | 1,788 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 11 | 1:185,454 | 13,249 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 11 | 1:51,277 | 1,980 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Bolivia | - | 10 | 1:1,060,140 | 3,387 |
| Jordan | 100% | 10 | 1:882,677 | 4,972 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 10 | 1:5,486 | 913 |
| Wales | 100% | 10 | 1:309,431 | 4,737 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 9 | 1:12,398 | 1,723 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 9 | 1:5,950 | 534 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Cuba | - | 8 | 1:1,438,319 | 4,450 |
| Mauritius | - | 8 | 1:162,223 | 3,800 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 8 | 1:6,598,540 | 36,161 |
| Cook Islands | - | 7 | 1:2,593 | 418 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Bahamas | - | 6 | 1:66,562 | 1,346 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| San Marino | 100% | 6 | 1:5,487 | 446 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 5 | 1:174,215 | 3,223 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 5 | 1:590,376 | 2,548 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 5 | 1:126,915 | 2,987 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:3,952,882 | 6,312 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Niger | - | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 3 | 1:158,546 | 1,411 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Roméo (6,751), Romèo (522), Romeó (3), Rómeo (3), Rômeo (2) & Rómeó (86) are calculated separately.
Romeo (85,063) may also be a surname.
Romeo Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?’ cried despairing Juliet in a somewhat different context. He is, because of Romulus, by way of Italian Romolo, of which it is an attractive reduction. Despite the Shakespearean lover, the name has never had much hold in Great Britain or even in Ireland.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Latin name, meaning: Roman.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Romeo Forename Popularity
Romeo Demographics
Average Romeo Salary in
United States
$46,580 USD
Per year
Rank:
164,794 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0050894
Rank: 1,563 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
107.01%
Sample size: 9,007 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Romeo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Romeo in the Russian language | ||
| Ромео | romeo | - |
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