An Italian and Spanish surname of Romero came from the Latin term of ‘romaeus’ and the Greek word of ‘romaios’ which both refer to someone who is roman or an Italian.

The Romero surname in Spain was mostly in the northern region.

Spelling variations include Romeu, Romera, Romerro and Romeros.
In French the spelling is Romarin. In Germany the spelling is Romer.

Within the United Kingdom, just Lancashire county and the Welsh county of Glamorgan have the higher numbers of Romero families.

In the United States the states of New Mexico, along with Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona and California have the higher numbers of Romero families.


Famous: Rafael Romero (poet of Spain), Cesar Romero (actor), Elvio Romero (poet of Paraguay), Francisco Romero (philosopher from Argentina), Juan Romero (18th century Spanish matador), Mario A. Romero (footballer of Argentina) and Chan Romero (singer).