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

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.

How popular is Sergeant?

Sergeant is common in Belgium.

Sergeant is ranked 54765 on 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
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
40,340 Malaysia1
8,268 Mauritius1
153,416 Italy1
49,529 Israel1
66,560 Philippines1
586 San Marino1
16,640 Hong Kong1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
53,505 Turkey1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
8,181 Botswana1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,238 Spain50
46,461 Netherlands40
11,444 Portugal28
15,050 Singapore18
14,048 Ireland16
272 British Virgin Islands15
798 Grenada12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,669 Trinidad and Tobago56
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Sergeant:
8,809 South Africa731
6,122 Australia475
795 Jamaica428
13,641 Canada277
3,510 Scotland177
5,718 New Zealand133
2,133 Northern Ireland107
Countries with thousands of Sergeant:
18,522 United States1,760
4,433 England1,672
5,947 France1,445
1,492 Belgium1,017
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

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

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

Sergeant Namesakes

  • John Sergeant, Journalist
  • Adeline Sergeant, Writer
  • Katharine Sergeant Angell White, Writer
  • 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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