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

Romelus, 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 Romelus surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Romelus in America

Romelus is the 57101st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Romelus surname appeared 357 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 Romelus.

We can also compare 2010 data for Romelus 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 Romelus

The surname ROMELUS has its origins in France, dating back to the Middle Ages. It is believed to have derived from the Old French word "romelu," which referred to a person who had made a pilgrimage to Rome. This suggests that the earliest bearers of this surname were likely travelers or pilgrims who had journeyed to the holy city.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name ROMELUS can be found in the archives of the Abbey of Saint-Denis, near Paris, where a certain Jehan Romelus is mentioned in a document from the year 1347. This indicates that the name was already well-established in the Île-de-France region by the 14th century.

In the 15th century, the ROMELUS surname appears in various records from the Normandy region, particularly in the vicinity of Rouen. A notable bearer of the name from this period was Guillaume Romelus, a merchant and landowner who is recorded as having lived in the town of Lisieux between 1482 and 1523.

As the centuries passed, the ROMELUS surname spread across France and into neighboring regions. In the 17th century, a branch of the family settled in the Franche-Comté region, where they became prominent textile manufacturers. One of their descendants, Jean-Baptiste Romelus (1675-1743), was a respected merchant and civic leader in the town of Besançon.

The ROMELUS name also found its way to the New World, with several bearers emigrating to the French colonies in the Caribbean and North America. One of the earliest recorded instances is that of Pierre Romelus, who was born in Martinique in 1712 and later settled in Louisiana.

Another notable bearer of the ROMELUS surname was François Romelus (1792-1857), a French philosopher and writer who was born in Dijon and spent much of his life in Paris. He was a prominent figure in the intellectual circles of his time and authored several influential works on ethics and metaphysics.

Other historical figures with the ROMELUS surname include Jean-Claude Romelus (1818-1892), a French artist and painter who specialized in landscapes and portraits, and Marie-Thérèse Romelus (1856-1932), a pioneering educator and advocate for women's rights in France.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Romelus

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

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

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