Romeo Surname

6,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85,063 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Romeo Surname Definition:

(Anglo-Ital.-Latin) Pilgrim to Rome [Ital. roméo; from Latin Roma, Rome]

Romeo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy34,3571:1,78095
United States12,2971:29,4753,656
Chad5,1031:2,664474
Spain3,9481:11,8421,375
Argentina3,8981:10,9651,024
Egypt3,6301:25,3272,837
Philippines3,6231:27,9433,895
Australia2,0261:13,3251,918
France1,9491:34,0804,148
India1,8761:408,88321,540
Nigeria1,8191:97,3856,655
Bangladesh1,5321:104,0194,444
Ghana1,1081:24,3872,946
Canada1,0851:33,9594,366
Russia5471:263,47927,649
Saudi Arabia4771:64,6879,689
Trinidad and Tobago4481:3,045517
Mauritius4271:3,029544
England3851:144,72213,975
Indonesia3821:346,20229,976
Belgium2801:41,0596,726
Brazil2711:789,94228,681
Switzerland2671:30,7604,610
Algeria2191:176,40021,809
Uruguay2111:16,2641,838
Malaysia1751:168,53810,283
Cuba1591:72,4702,551
Germany1411:570,96146,627
Liberia1251:35,2683,284
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Chile1021:172,7115,686
Venezuela981:308,2057,027
Mexico871:1,426,73815,813
Guatemala801:201,0333,828
Kazakhstan781:226,69920,439
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
Guyana771:9,8991,499
Netherlands751:225,16229,957
Antigua and Barbuda701:1,417247
Cameroon651:319,52429,358
Suriname641:8,6352,172
Haiti581:184,2057,235
Iraq581:603,8229,381
Uzbekistan491:631,20713,568
Luxembourg481:12,0952,127
Belarus471:202,15025,664
Azerbaijan401:241,2285,983
Papua New Guinea391:209,07028,870
South Africa371:1,464,26276,407
Ethiopia361:2,709,6188,935
Scotland351:152,9669,000
Thailand331:2,140,556247,258
Barbados321:8,983725
Romania311:647,67345,663
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines311:3,634518
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Zimbabwe301:514,60841,883
Solomon Islands291:20,0013,902
Portugal281:372,08012,265
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Ivory Coast241:961,30123,927
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Greece221:503,62763,727
Latvia201:102,50214,510
Bermuda191:3,436515
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Tajikistan191:441,4053,172
Kenya181:2,565,55037,160
Malta181:23,9041,289
China171:80,430,6804,441
Colombia171:2,810,24014,126
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Cyprus161:55,3055,325
Israel161:534,85239,210
Pakistan161:11,165,24351,703
Jamaica151:191,3305,833
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Austria131:655,03358,041
Turkey131:5,986,263116,031
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Ecuador111:1,445,98617,636
Monaco101:3,707328
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Kyrgyzstan91:663,62845,718
Myanmar91:5,770,887975
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Saint Martin81:4,394114
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Montserrat61:824139
Nicaragua61:1,003,5154,885
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Moldova51:712,27439,996
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Wales41:773,63329,106
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Albania31:971,35222,477
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
El Salvador31:2,114,6295,401
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Paraguay31:2,412,24913,111
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Marshall Islands21:25,9101,967
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Macau11:601,6301,582
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Samoa11:193,8081,089
San Marino11:33,214932
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland51:748,64318,576
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States841:597,84140,179

The alternate forms: Roméo (74) & Romêo (1) are calculated separately.

Romeo (638,887) may also be a first name.

Romeo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-Ital.-Latin) Pilgrim to Rome [Ital. roméo; from Latin Roma, Rome]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Romeo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Romeo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Romeo (Arabic: رميو, Bengali: রোমিও, Georgian: რომეო, Hindi: रोमियो, Marathi: रोमीओ, Russian: Ромео) is found in Italy more than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Roméo or Romêo. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Romeo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,639th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 85,672 people. The surname Romeo is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Romeo reside; 45 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 41 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 1,538th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 638,887 people.

Romeo is most commonly occurring in Italy, where it is held by 34,357 people, or 1 in 1,780. In Italy it is mostly found in: Calabria, where 37 percent live, Sicily, where 26 percent live and Lombardy, where 8 percent live. Not including Italy Romeo is found in 151 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent live and Chad, where 6 percent live.

Romeo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Romeo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 14,639 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 12,833 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Romeo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (78%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (57%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Romeo surname are 1.7% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.53% registered with the political party.

The amount Romeo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 5.87% more than the national average, earning €31,792 per year; in South Africa they earn 447.72% more than the national average, earning R 1,301,590 per year; in Colombia they earn 25.36% more than the national average, earning $28,460,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.97% more than the national average, earning $47,884 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.04% more than the national average, earning $54,672 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roméo9374/
Romêo931/
Romeos91102/
Romeou9140/
Romeoo9110/
Romeeo917/
Romeho916/
Rommeo915/
Romieo915/
Rhomeo911/
Rosmeo911/
Romeod911/
Romegio839/
Romeoss831/
Romio806,250/
Romea801,300/
Romyo801,036/
Rameo80729/
Rumeo80340/
Remeo8047/
Romäo801/
Romío801/
Romios73197/
Romyoo73183/
Romeah7340/
Roumio7324/
Romeha7319/
Romyot739/
Romioo734/
Rommio732/
Roumea732/
Rrameo731/
Roemio731/
Rameos731/
Remeoy731/
Romjho731/
Raameo731/
Romiea730/
Romeiea671/
Romeyia671/
Remeyio671/
Ramegio671/
Romagio670/

Romeo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Romeo in the Georgian language
რომეოromeo-
Romeo in the Bengali language
রোমিওromi'o-
Romeo in the Hindi language
रोमियोromiyo80
रोमियोंromiyom20
Romeo in the Marathi language
रोमीओromi'o50.63
रोिमयोroimayo20.89
रोिमओroima'o13.29
रोमीयोromiyo12.66
रोमेओrome'o1.9
रोमयोromayo0.63
Romeo in the Russian language
Ромеоromeo-
Romeo in the Arabic language
رميوrmyw-
روميوrwmyw-

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