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    The surname Sarmiento

    A Spanish surname, carried by 13,710 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S655

    Sarmiento: #2,631 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sarmiento #2,631, 13,710 people Sarmiento: #2,631 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sarmiento #2,631, 13,710 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sarmiento is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Sarmiento.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,710 people named Sarmiento in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,520 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,986.

    #2,631
    rank among US surnames
    13,710
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +52.6%
    change since 2000 (was #3,630)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,622Singletary13,74922,456
    #2,623Mateo13,74622,461
    #2,624Gunderson13,74222,467
    #2,625Coburn13,74122,469
    #2,626Minton13,73722,475
    #2,627Duenas13,73622,477
    #2,628Mackenzie13,73322,482

    Who is named Sarmiento

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

    72% of people named Sarmiento identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 72%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 20%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Sarmientos

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
      Argentinian politician and writer (1811-1888)
    • Darío Sarmiento
      Argentine association football player, born 2003
    • Brian Sarmiento
      Argentine footballer, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sarmiento

    Sarmiento has the Soundex code S655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S655.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sarmiento come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Sarmiento.
    How common is the surname Sarmiento?
    13,710 people in the United States had the surname Sarmiento in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,520 Americans. It ranked 2,631st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sarmiento?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Sarmiento identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Sarmiento?
    Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian politician and writer (1811-1888), followed by Darío Sarmiento.
    Where is the surname Sarmiento most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sarmiento in Argentina.
    Is the surname Sarmiento getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,986 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,710 in 2010, up 53%.