# Sargent (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sargent/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 27,786 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,265 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,112 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (27,024 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɑɹ.dʒənt/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sargent in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sargent in the United States and Australia.

## People named Sargent

- Thomas J. Sargent, American economist (born 1943)
- Josh Sargent, American soccer player
- Dick Sargent, American actor (1930-1994)
- Joseph Sargent, American film director (1925–2014)
- Alvin Sargent, American screenwriter (1927–2019)
- Charles Sprague Sargent, American botanist (1841-1927)
- Aaron A. Sargent, American politician (1827-1887)
- Pamela Sargent, American writer
- Lewis Sargent, American actor (1903-1970)
- Wallace L. W. Sargent, American astronomer (1935–2012)
- Ida Sargent, American cross-country skier
- Anneila Sargent, American astronomer

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Sergent, Sargeant, Sergeant, Sargsyan, Saraceno, Scroggins, Schrecengost, Sorkin, Schwarzenberg, Schwarzenegger.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.