How common is the surname Sargeant?

2,751 people in the United States had the surname Sargeant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,230 Americans. It ranked 11,448th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sargeant?

Logan Sargeant, American racing driver.

Where is the surname Sargeant most common?

Wikidata records people named Sargeant in the United States.

Is the surname Sargeant getting more or less common?

More common. 2,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,751 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Sargeant

An occupational surname, carried by 2,751 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sargeant is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a servant.

Sargeant is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,751 people named Sargeant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,230 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,563.

#11,448

rank among US surnames

2,751

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,310)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,440	Wehr	2,753	112,149
#11,443	Nygaard	2,752	112,190
#11,448	Mancillas	2,751	112,230
#11,456	Greenbaum	2,750	112,271

Who is named Sargeant

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

71% of people named Sargeant identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sargeants

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Logan Sargeant
American racing driver, born 2000

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sargeant

Sargeant has the Soundex code S625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S625.

Questions

How common is the surname Sargeant?: 2,751 people in the United States had the surname Sargeant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,230 Americans. It ranked 11,448th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sargeant?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Sargeant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sargeant?: Logan Sargeant, American racing driver.
Where is the surname Sargeant most common?: Wikidata records people named Sargeant in the United States.
What type of surname is Sargeant?: Sargeant is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Sargeant getting more or less common?: More common. 2,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,751 in 2010, up 7.3%.