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Sergeantson Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the son of the Serjeant,' which see, compare Taylorson, Wrightson, and Smithson. This class of names (a very small one) seems almost peculiar to Yorkshire (v. Taylorson). There can be no doubt that that county is the home of the family.

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Sergeantson Surname Distribution Map

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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798

Sergeantson Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the son of the Serjeant,' which see, compare Taylorson, Wrightson, and Smithson. This class of names (a very small one) seems almost peculiar to Yorkshire (v. Taylorson). There can be no doubt that that county is the home of the family.

Willelmus Sergantson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Serigantson, 1370: ibid.

Thomas Sergeauntson. Rolls of Parliament.

Thomas Sargandson, Yorkshire: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

Henry Serchauntson, Yorkshire, ibid.

Mary Sergison, Yorkshire: Deposition from York Castle (Surtees Society).

William Surgisson embarked for Virginia, 1634: Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.

This early emigrant was twenty five years old. Probably the American Sergersons, Sergesons, and Sergisons are his descendants.

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

The Sergeant’s Son: v. Sergeant.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison
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