# Sarmiento (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,710 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,631 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,520 people |
| Change since 2000 | +53% (8,986 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sarmiento.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sarmiento 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) | 5.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 72% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 20% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sarmiento in Argentina.

## People named Sarmiento

- Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian politician and writer (1811-1888)
- Darío Sarmiento, Argentine association football player
- Brian Sarmiento, Argentine footballer

## Similar surnames

Sermeno, Sherman, Schurman, Sarinana, Sirmans, Scheuerman, Sharman, Scheuermann, Shireman, Schuerman.

## 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.