Romieu Surname

378,966th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 942 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Romieu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Romieu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France8811:75,39510,581
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
Benin201:516,78033,864
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Romieu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Romieu is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Romieu? popularity and diffusion

Romieu is the 378,966th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 7,736,248 people. The surname Romieu is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Romieu reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 881 people, or 1 in 75,395. In France Romieu is primarily concentrated in: Occitanie, where 39 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 24 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 14 percent live. Barring France it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 2 percent live and Benin, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roumieu92447/
Romieux92403/
Rommieu925/
Romieus921/
Romiu9116/
Roumieux86391/
Romeau8374/
Romius8360/
Romeou8340/
Romiue833/
Rosmiu831/
Romiju831/
Romeyu831/
Roomius779/
Roumiou771/
Ramiu73135/
Roméu731/
Rameau674,681/
Ramoiu6755/
Remeau6751/
Rameju6745/
Ramehu6714/
Romeoo6710/
Ramius6710/
Roméus673/
Ramihu672/
Ramiyu671/
Romoju671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Romieu
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