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SARGENT

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There are approximately 10,191 people named Sargent in the UK. That makes it the 1,033rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 161 are named Sargent.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Status Name

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The Sargent surname in historical dictionaries

SARJEANT. SARGENT. O.Fr. from Lat. Spelmau says a serjeant-at-law is so called because serviensa. legem. We have also serjeants-at-arms, serjeants-at-mace, &c. Cotgrave makes a sergent, " a footman or souldier that serves on foot." Gibbon, on the contrary, applies the word to " all horsemen who were not knights." PJchardson.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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