Romano Surname
Approximately 293,280 people bear this surname
Romano Surname Definition:
Relating to Rome.
Basque from Vizcaya.
See Roman.
Romano Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 116,971 | 1:523 | 7 |
| Argentina | 43,765 | 1:977 | 132 |
| United States | 39,211 | 1:9,244 | 1,111 |
| Philippines | 23,946 | 1:4,228 | 337 |
| Brazil | 21,565 | 1:9,927 | 578 |
| Mexico | 14,303 | 1:8,678 | 953 |
| Spain | 4,294 | 1:10,888 | 1,271 |
| France | 3,080 | 1:21,566 | 2,508 |
| Canada | 3,067 | 1:12,014 | 1,789 |
| Angola | 2,169 | 1:12,443 | 1,529 |
| Dominican Republic | 2,118 | 1:4,926 | 523 |
| Australia | 1,753 | 1:15,400 | 2,186 |
| Switzerland | 1,630 | 1:5,039 | 746 |
| Portugal | 1,538 | 1:6,774 | 642 |
| Israel | 1,418 | 1:6,035 | 918 |
| Venezuela | 1,407 | 1:21,467 | 1,520 |
| Germany | 1,266 | 1:63,590 | 8,169 |
| Uruguay | 1,076 | 1:3,189 | 384 |
| England | 937 | 1:59,464 | 7,089 |
| Belgium | 748 | 1:15,370 | 2,349 |
| Bolivia | 746 | 1:14,231 | 1,373 |
| Tanzania | 720 | 1:73,530 | 7,661 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Peru | 484 | 1:65,670 | 5,011 |
| Russia | 389 | 1:370,496 | 36,324 |
| El Salvador | 371 | 1:17,099 | 867 |
| Colombia | 339 | 1:140,926 | 4,252 |
| Nicaragua | 298 | 1:20,205 | 978 |
| Chile | 201 | 1:87,644 | 3,393 |
| Thailand | 182 | 1:388,123 | 68,124 |
| Netherlands | 155 | 1:108,950 | 17,471 |
| South Africa | 150 | 1:361,185 | 32,866 |
| Guatemala | 149 | 1:107,937 | 3,025 |
| Kenya | 121 | 1:381,652 | 21,791 |
| Costa Rica | 114 | 1:41,930 | 1,046 |
| Singapore | 90 | 1:61,197 | 2,397 |
| Paraguay | 81 | 1:89,343 | 2,161 |
| New Zealand | 79 | 1:57,321 | 9,018 |
| Ecuador | 78 | 1:203,921 | 7,896 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 78 | 1:17,487 | 2,128 |
| Indonesia | 77 | 1:1,717,522 | 111,746 |
| Turkey | 75 | 1:1,037,619 | 46,427 |
| Sweden | 74 | 1:133,064 | 9,401 |
| Austria | 69 | 1:123,412 | 17,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Wales | 59 | 1:52,450 | 4,823 |
| Lithuania | 58 | 1:52,320 | 8,307 |
| Lebanon | 57 | 1:98,896 | 5,947 |
| Scotland | 57 | 1:93,927 | 6,548 |
| Cuba | 48 | 1:240,057 | 4,737 |
| Vietnam | 47 | 1:1,971,193 | 2,174 |
| Taiwan | 46 | 1:509,668 | 3,834 |
| Romania | 45 | 1:446,175 | 35,142 |
| Aruba | 42 | 1:2,464 | 355 |
| Luxembourg | 42 | 1:13,822 | 2,948 |
| Malta | 42 | 1:10,245 | 640 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Ireland | 29 | 1:162,377 | 7,171 |
| Poland | 26 | 1:1,461,875 | 85,446 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Belarus | 23 | 1:413,090 | 41,560 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| Greece | 22 | 1:503,627 | 63,727 |
| Honduras | 22 | 1:400,747 | 3,070 |
| Panama | 19 | 1:205,908 | 5,804 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Latvia | 18 | 1:113,891 | 16,101 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 18 | 1:9,857 | 632 |
| Kazakhstan | 17 | 1:1,040,147 | 60,802 |
| Monaco | 17 | 1:2,180 | 111 |
| Bulgaria | 16 | 1:436,182 | 20,063 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Curaçao | 14 | 1:11,232 | 389 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 1:3,251,621 | 182,804 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Hong Kong | 11 | 1:666,862 | 3,581 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| Cape Verde | 10 | 1:52,964 | 1,947 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Puerto Rico | 10 | 1:355,014 | 2,904 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Kiribati | 4 | 1:28,352 | 669 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 1:37,553 | 1,173 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 1:19,189 | 1,439 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 73 | 1:687,927 | 44,660 |
The alternate forms: Romanò (190), Romanó (28), Romaño (2), Románo (1) & Románó (1) are calculated separately.
Romano (72,699) may also be a first name.
Romano Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Relating to Rome.
Basque from Vizcaya.
See Roman.
(Italian) One who came from Rome (four crossroads), or from within Rome's political sphere; one who has visited Rome.
ROMANNO: Local. From lands in the county of Peebles, Scotland, so called from a Roman military way, leading from the famous Roman camp at Line to the Lothians, which passed through the middle of those lands, from which they were called Romanno.
Romano Demographics
Average Male Romano Height
174.62 cm
Average Female Romano Height
161.25 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Romano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Romano Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Romano (Arabic: رومانو, Georgian: რომანო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﻭﻣﺎﻧﻮ, Marathi: रोमानो, Russian: Романо) is borne by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Romanò, Romanó, Romaño, Románo or Románó. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Romano? popularity and diffusion
The last name Romano is the 1,866th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 24,848 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 45 percent of Romano reside; 42 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 40 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 13,449th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 72,699 people.
The surname Romano is most frequently occurring in Italy, where it is borne by 116,971 people, or 1 in 523. In Italy Romano is most common in: Campania, where 33 percent reside, Sicily, where 15 percent reside and Lombardy, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Italy it is found in 144 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Romano Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Romano has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Romano surname increased 53,714 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 5,512 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 1,180 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Romano Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (89%) in Russia, Jewish (91%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Romano surname are 3.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.69% registered with the party.
The amount Romano earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 6.98% more than the national average, earning €32,125 per year; in Norway they earn 4.57% less than the national average, earning 330,247 kr per year; in Peru they earn 48.98% more than the national average, earning S/. 28,879 per year; in South Africa they earn 82.22% more than the national average, earning R 433,032 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.48% less than the national average, earning $21,912,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.35% more than the national average, earning $49,339 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.27% more than the national average, earning $58,261 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Romano Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Romano in the Georgian language | ||
| რომანო | romano | - |
| Romano in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﻭﻣﺎﻧﻮ | rwmanw | - |
| Romano in the Marathi language | ||
| रोमानो | romano | 71.43 |
| रोमन | romana | 14.29 |
| रोमानोअ | romano'a | 14.29 |
| Romano in the Russian language | ||
| Романо | romano | - |
| Romano in the Arabic language | ||
| رومانو | rwmanw | - |
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Romano Reference & Research
Romano DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Romano FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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