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Sargent

in New Hampshire

There are 768 people with the last name "Sargent" in New Hampshire.

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Ranking in New Hampshire

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Sargent 126
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  1. is 122nd most common Page
  2. is 123rd most common Griffin
  3. is 124th most common Kennedy
  4. is 125th most common Turner
  5. is 126th most common Sargent
  6. is 127th most common Currier
  7. is 128th most common Nichols
  8. is 129th most common Tremblay
  9. is 130th most common Hughes

Most Common First Names for Sargent

David, Robert, Richard, John, Michael, Scott, Kenneth, Mary, George, Steven

Meaning & History

English and French: in medieval times this did not denote a rank in the army, but was an occupational name for a servant, Middle English, Old French sergent (Latin serviens, genitive servientis, present participle of servire ‘to serve’). The surname probably originated for the most part in this sense, but the word also developed various more specialized meanings, being used for example as a technical term for a tenant by military service below the rank of a knight, and as the name for any of certain administrative and legal officials in different localities, which may also have contributed to the development of the surname. The sense ‘non-commissioned officer’ did not arise until the 16th century.

FOREBEARS William Sargent (1624–1717) came to Gloucester, MA, from Devon, England before 1678. Many of his descendants distinguished themselves in the civil and military affairs of the colonies and some in literary or artistic paths, notably the portrait painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925).

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