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

Romanowicz, 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 Romanowicz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Romanowicz in America

Romanowicz is the 70403rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Romanowicz surname appeared 278 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 Romanowicz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Romanowicz 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 Romanowicz

The surname Romanowicz is of Polish origin, derived from the name Roman, which has its roots in the Latin name Romanus, meaning "Roman" or "from Rome." The suffix "-owicz" is a Polish patronymic, indicating "son of." Thus, Romanowicz translates to "son of Roman."

The name first appeared in historical records in the 15th century, during the period of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was particularly prevalent in the regions of Masovia and Podlasie, which were part of the Commonwealth at that time.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Romanowicz can be found in the Metryka Koronna (Crown Metrica), a collection of official documents from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, dating back to the 16th century.

In the 17th century, a notable figure bearing the name Romanowicz was Jan Romanowicz, a Polish nobleman and military commander who fought in the Polish-Swedish wars. He was born in 1592 and died in 1663.

Another prominent individual with this surname was Kazimierz Romanowicz, a Polish poet and writer who lived from 1807 to 1868. He was known for his patriotic works and contributions to the Polish Romantic literary movement.

In the 19th century, Józef Romanowicz (1818-1888) was a Polish painter and illustrator, renowned for his portraits and historical paintings.

The name Romanowicz also appeared in the records of the Russian Empire, where it was sometimes transliterated as Romanovych or Romanovich. One such individual was Mikhail Romanovych (1830-1909), a Russian military officer and explorer who participated in the exploration of Central Asia.

In the 20th century, Władysław Romanowicz (1901-1983) was a Polish geophysicist and seismologist, known for his contributions to the study of seismic wave propagation and the Earth's interior structure.

While the surname Romanowicz has its origins in Poland, it has since spread to other countries, particularly those with significant Polish diaspora communities.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Romanowicz

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

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 Romanowicz 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 Romanowicz 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 Romanowicz was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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