Sarmiento Surname

1,582nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 342,436 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Honduras

Sarmiento Surname Definition:

From the latin "sarmentum" - vine shoots. The landmark of the area where the inhabitants were given this name. Place name in Argentina.

Galician name descended from knight Salvador González, Count of Bureba.

Sarmiento Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines98,0881:1,03254
Colombia70,7561:675134
Mexico35,5441:3,492472
Venezuela22,9961:1,313234
Peru21,9791:1,446235
Argentina17,4361:2,451325
Honduras15,2411:578140
Ecuador14,5371:1,094184
United States11,9911:30,2283,762
Spain9,5761:4,882605
Cuba7,4931:1,538240
Bolivia4,5031:2,358414
Chile3,9821:4,424595
El Salvador1,3791:4,600488
Dominican Republic1,1171:9,340797
Canada7761:47,4815,790
Panama6741:5,805646
Guatemala6181:26,0241,763
Nicaragua4971:12,115784
Costa Rica4761:10,042503
Brazil3971:539,23020,207
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Uruguay2541:13,5111,527
England2151:259,15420,728
Bahrain2061:6,5471,173
Australia1511:178,77918,110
France1461:454,95065,144
Guam1361:1,177173
Italy1121:546,04253,051
Thailand961:735,816120,839
Germany791:1,019,05669,716
Paraguay611:118,6352,647
Switzerland571:144,08613,875
United Arab Emirates551:166,58712,493
Austria481:177,40522,887
New Zealand481:94,34012,897
Iceland371:10,273982
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Norway221:233,74025,571
Ireland211:224,2358,707
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Belize191:18,7091,725
Malaysia191:1,552,32864,490
Taiwan171:1,379,1039,281
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Aruba141:7,3911,045
China111:124,301,9616,553
Oman101:368,7975,193
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Marshall Islands41:12,9551,460
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Brunei21:209,3663,098
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Comoros11:749,524685
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Sármiento (1) are calculated separately.

Sarmiento (286) may also be a first name.

Sarmiento Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the latin "sarmentum" - vine shoots. The landmark of the area where the inhabitants were given this name. Place name in Argentina.

Galician name descended from knight Salvador González, Count of Bureba.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

Sarmiento Last Name Facts

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

Sarmiento (Russian: Сармиенто) is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Sármiento. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarmiento? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,582nd most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 21,281 people. The surname Sarmiento is predominantly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Sarmiento reside; 46 percent reside in South America and 28 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Sarmiento is also the 523,065th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 286 people.

The last name Sarmiento is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 98,088 people, or 1 in 1,032. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Central Luzon, where 25 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 21 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 16 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines this last name exists in 105 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 21 percent reside and Mexico, where 10 percent reside.

Sarmiento Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sarmiento has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sarmiento surname expanded 171,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sarmiento Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sarmiento surname are 41.78% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.01% registered with the political party.

The amount Sarmiento earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 61.63% less than the national average, earning €11,524 per year; in Norway they earn 29.64% less than the national average, earning 243,511 kr per year; in Peru they earn 7.81% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,898 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.07% more than the national average, earning $22,945,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.43% less than the national average, earning $42,100 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.59% less than the national average, earning $48,394 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sarmiento Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sarmiento in the Russian language
Сармиентоsarmiento-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sarmiento
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis