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    The surname Sergeant

    An occupational surname, carried by 1,385 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S625

    Sergeant: #19,498 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sergeant #19,498, 1,385 people Sergeant: #19,498 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sergeant #19,498, 1,385 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sergeant is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    From sergeant.

    Sergeant 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 1,385 people named Sergeant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,306.

    #19,498
    rank among US surnames
    1,385
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,222)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,489Pulsifer1,386222,760
    #19,498Dubuque1,385222,921

    Who is named Sergeant

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

    77% of people named Sergeant identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sergeants

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Peta Sergeant
      Australian actress, born 1980
    • Ingeborg
      Belgian singer, born 1966

    Notable Sergeants come mostly from Australia (1) and Belgium (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Sergeant

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sergeant come from?
    From sergeant.
    How common is the surname Sergeant?
    1,385 people in the United States had the surname Sergeant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. It ranked 19,498th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sergeant?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Sergeant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sergeant?
    Peta Sergeant, Australian actress, followed by Ingeborg.
    Where is the surname Sergeant most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sergeant in Australia and Belgium.
    What type of surname is Sergeant?
    Sergeant is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Sergeant getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,306 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,385 in 2010, up 6.0%.