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There are approximately 625 people named Sarjeant in the UK. That makes it the 9,402nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 10 are named Sarjeant.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Status Name

Related and similar surnames

Sargeant
Sargent
Sergeant
Seargeant
Sarjent
Sergent
Sargenti
Sarjant
Sargeaunt
Sargant
Sargyeant
Sargeantt
Sargeante
Sargiant
Sargeent
Sargeants
Sargeannt
Sarageant
Sargiante
Sargyant
Sarjan
Sarjanton
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The Sarjeant surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

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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