Sergeant meaning | Last name Sergeant origin

Following is the meaning of Sergeant surname. Family name Sergeant is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Sergeant
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Belgium
Meaning: Variant of Sergeant (qv) carried mainly in the Pas-de-Calais, where we also find the Sergant form.

Sergeant is used as a family name or surname in Belgium languages. Sergeant has 8 characters long in length.

Sergeant is common in Belgium country(ies).

Sergeant is ranked 54765 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Sergeant bearers increased by 6.049005 per cent in 2010 US census to 1385 since 2000, the surname slipped by 276 spots and ranked at 19498. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.11 82.85
Black 17.26 13.48
Hispanic or Latino 2.6 1.23
Others 1.81 1.15
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.72 0.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.51 0.84

How popular is Sergeant?

Sergeant is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while British Virgin Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 8572 people have been found who wears Sergeant as their family name. Sergeant is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
705 Gibraltar7
1,005 Cayman Islands7
325 Anguilla4
11,290 Guyana3
32,695 Nigeria3
457 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3
6,900 Oman2
118,441 Germany2
35,969 Denmark2
5,318 Iraq2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
6,266 Luxembourg2
1,704,541 India1
30,360 Thailand1
169,904 Brazil1
318 Montserrat1
25,721 Egypt1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
37,779 Serbia1
29,046 Japan1
42,479 Greece1
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳

Immigrants to US

Samuel Sergeant was 30 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 1, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Orphan from Liverpool. George Sergeant, aged 32, Immigrant Elizabeth Sergeant, Born at sea U Sergeant, Elizabeth Sergeant, aged 3, Samuel Sergeant (27) Blacksmith, Bess Sergeant (27) Immigrant, Infant Margt.Ann Sergeant, Mary-Jane Sergeant, Immigrant Ellen Sergeant, and 1 other Sergeant around 33.33% of whom were servant migrated to US from London, Liverpool and Belfast.

Comments :Lula Beals sergeant in former French had a sense of servant also usher man of arms, judicial officer responsible for prosecution.

Celebrities having Sergeant surname

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Maude Sergeant Bouvier John Vernou Bouvier III's mother
William Sergeant "Bud" Bouvier John Vernou Bouvier III's brother
John Sergeant American Politician
Katharine Sergeant Angell White Writer
John Sergeant Journalist
Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant Journalist
Fidèle Le Sergeant de Baënghem Politician

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