How common is the surname Sargent?

27,786 people in the United States had the surname Sargent in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,112 Americans. It ranked 1,265th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sargent?

Thomas J. Sargent, American economist (born 1943), followed by Josh Sargent.

Where is the surname Sargent most common?

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

How do you pronounce Sargent?

Sargent is /ˈsɑɹ.dʒənt/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Sargent getting more or less common?

More common. 27,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,786 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Sargent

An occupational surname, carried by 27,786 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsɑɹ.dʒənt/ 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). Sargent is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation.

Sargent 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 27,786 people named Sargent in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,112 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 27,024.

#1,265

rank among US surnames

27,786

people in 2010

9.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,190)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,256	Renteria	27,976	11,036
#1,257	Mohamed	27,972	11,038
#1,258	Nicholas	27,922	11,057
#1,259	Kendrick	27,915	11,060
#1,260	Ferreira	27,898	11,067
#1,261	Lockhart	27,883	11,073
#1,262	Boggs	27,880	11,074

Who is named Sargent

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

86% of people named Sargent identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sargents

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas J. Sargent
American economist (born 1943)
Josh Sargent
American soccer player, born 2000
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, born 1948
Lewis Sargent
American actor (1903-1970)
Wallace L. W. Sargent
American astronomer (1935–2012)
Ida Sargent
American cross-country skier, born 1988
Anneila Sargent
American astronomer, born 1942

Notable Sargents come mostly from the United States (12) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sargent

Sargent 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 Sargent?: 27,786 people in the United States had the surname Sargent in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,112 Americans. It ranked 1,265th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sargent?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Sargent identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sargent?: Thomas J. Sargent, American economist (born 1943), followed by Josh Sargent.
Where is the surname Sargent most common?: Wikidata records people named Sargent in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Sargent?: Sargent is /ˈsɑɹ.dʒənt/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Sargent?: Sargent is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Sargent getting more or less common?: More common. 27,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,786 in 2010, up 2.8%.