Römer
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from ON Rome; also from HROD or RUHM
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/røːmər/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Römer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 7.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 94Kas Roemer
- CHSwitzerland1 in 10K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Römer itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 298 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈25,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Romer in US United States, CH Switzerland, CN China and Roemer in NL Netherlands, CD Congo - Kinshasa.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- ONRome(measured from records)
- HRODor(measured from records)
from ON Rome; also from HROD or RUHM
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Römer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 56K | — | Romer | 5 |
| DE Germany | #356 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.9K | — | Römer | 135 |
| US United States | — | 3,551as Roemer | 1 in 94K | 3.6K | Romer | 298 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Roemer | 1 |
| DK Denmark | — | 1,393as Rømer | 1 in 4.2K | 1.4K | — | 2 |
| CH Switzerland | #797 | 810 | 1 in 10K | 810 | Romer | 42 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 478 | 1 in 36K | 639 | Roemer | 43 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Römer is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Roman; from Rome/Italy
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Croatian, danski astronom, na temelju imerzije i emerzije jednog od Jupiterovih mjeseca koji prolazi kroz Jupiterovu sjenu, dokazao da svjetlost putuje konačnom brzinom
as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Beppo Römerb. 1892DEGerman resistance member (1892-1944)
- Piet Römerb. 1928NLDutch actor (1928–2012)
- Norbert Römerb. 1947DEGerman politician
- Thomas Römerb. 1955DEGerman-Swiss theologian
- Felix Römerb. 1960ATAustrian actor
- Fabian Römerb. 1973CHSwiss musician and composer
- Tara Römerb. 1974FRFrench actor (1974–1999)
- Thijs Römerb. 1978NLactor
- Fabian Römerb. 1990DEGerman rapper
- Julius Römerb. 1995DEGerman actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 478 | #4,070 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 458 | #2,851 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 15 | #29,906 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Römer mean, and where does it come from?
- from ON Rome; also from HROD or RUHM Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Römer?
- A machine transcription gives /røːmər/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Römer have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 25 thousand people named Römer in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled romer.
- How common is the name Römer?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 810 people named Römer in 2024, about 1 in 10 thousand residents.
- How common is Römer compared with other names?
- In Germany, Römer is the 356th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/r%C3%B6merThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Römer” — the 356th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.