Find out how popular the last name Romaguera is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Romaguera.

Romaguera, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Romaguera surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Romaguera in America

Romaguera is the 71886th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Romaguera surname appeared 271 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Romaguera.

We can also compare 2010 data for Romaguera to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Romaguera

The surname Romaguera is of Catalan origin, specifically from the region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain and parts of southern France. It likely emerged during the medieval period, possibly as early as the 11th or 12th century.

The name Romaguera derives from the Catalan words "roma," meaning a pilgrim's staff or walking stick, and "guera," which refers to a bush or thicket. It is believed to have originally been a descriptive surname for someone who lived near or harvested from a thicket of bushes, or perhaps made walking sticks.

One of the earliest known records of the surname Romaguera appears in the 14th century, in a document from the town of Sitges, near Barcelona. A man named Bernat Romaguera is mentioned as a landowner in the year 1348.

Another early reference comes from the island of Majorca, where a Pere Romaguera is documented as a merchant and trader in the late 15th century. This suggests that the name had spread from the mainland to the Balearic Islands by that time.

In the 16th century, a notable bearer of the name was Joan Romaguera, a Catalan sculptor who worked on the decorative elements of several churches and cathedrals in Barcelona and surrounding areas between 1520 and 1560.

Moving forward to the 17th century, there was a Francesc Romaguera who was a prominent lawyer and judge in the city of Girona, serving in various legal capacities from 1642 until his death in 1675.

In more modern times, Joaquim Romaguera i Ramió (1847-1923) was a Catalan politician and journalist who played a role in the early nationalist movements of the late 19th century.

While the name Romaguera is most deeply rooted in the Catalan regions of Spain and France, it has also spread to other parts of the world through migration and descendants of Catalan families. However, its origins can be traced back to the medieval era in northeastern Spain.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Romaguera

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Romaguera.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Romaguera was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Romaguera has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Romaguera was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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