Sargent Surname

10,645th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52,804 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Sargent Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the sergeant' or Serjeant, an officer of the law, a policeman. Few surnames have undergone more varieties of spelling than this. Even in our latest dictionaries two forms are recognized. Agreeing with Old French sergant and serjant, Serjaunt is the commonest form in early rolls.

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Sargent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States35,9151:10,0921,225
England8,1061:6,874999
Australia3,5391:7,6281,134
Canada2,2331:16,5002,388
New Zealand7201:6,2891,054
Wales3111:9,9501,102
South Africa2601:208,37622,133
Scotland2441:21,9422,506
Ireland2171:21,7002,182
France2151:308,94347,111
Bahamas2091:1,874298
Northern Ireland931:19,8392,413
Luxembourg771:7,5401,164
Spain511:916,70735,562
Malta481:8,964551
Nigeria411:4,320,555118,938
Costa Rica381:125,7911,936
Zimbabwe321:482,44540,356
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Thailand291:2,435,805267,220
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Panama251:156,4905,002
Guernsey221:2,929767
Sweden211:468,89333,666
Barbados201:14,372922
Colombia181:2,654,11513,778
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Chile151:1,174,43221,998
Gibraltar131:2,612585
United States Virgin Islands131:8,4901,249
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Denmark111:513,15632,022
China91:151,924,6187,954
Israel91:950,84857,975
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Guyana71:108,8897,175
Isle of Man61:14,3043,169
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1971:22,4872,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,4921:5,426828
Wales711:22,0901,271
Scotland481:77,9844,336
Guernsey71:4,665827
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,2801:6,065762

Sargent (363) may also be a first name.

Sargent Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the sergeant' or Serjeant, an officer of the law, a policeman. Few surnames have undergone more varieties of spelling than this. Even in our latest dictionaries two forms are recognized. Agreeing with Old French sergant and serjant, Serjaunt is the commonest form in early rolls.

John le Serjaunt, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter le Serjaunt, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

John le Serjant, Salop, ibid.

Robert Sergant, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Roger le Serjaunt, Norfolk, ibid.

Nicholas le Serjaunt, Lincolnshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Thomas Elys, serjaunt, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

V. Sergeant.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who worked as a servant; a tenant by military service under the rank of a knight, or a court officer.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(English), Sergeant. In the twelfth century, the Royal body-guards of England and France were called Servientes Armorum, or Serjens d'armes; i. e., Servants at Arms.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Sargent Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sargent Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sargent (Arabic: سارجنت) occurs most in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sargent? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,645th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 138,011 people. Sargent occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Sargent reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 72 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 456,894th most frequently held given name throughout the world It is held by 363 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 35,915 people, or 1 in 10,092. In The United States Sargent is most prevalent in: California, where 8 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and Massachusetts, where 5 percent live. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 81 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.

Sargent Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sargent has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sargent surname increased 434 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 438 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 508 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 110 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sargent Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Sargent last name is chiefly Anglican (47%) in Ireland.

In The United States Sargent are 11.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.88% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sargent earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 42.11% more than the national average, earning R 337,716 per year; in Colombia they earn 9.42% more than the national average, earning $24,841,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.97% more than the national average, earning $43,568 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.72% more than the national average, earning $51,531 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sargent Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sargent in the Arabic language
سارجنتsarjnt-
سرجنتsrjnt-

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Sargent Reference & Research

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