The Sarmiento surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,710 people carried this name — #2,631 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,500 people counted. That is up 53% from 8,986 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sarmiento surname
A habitational surname, the 102nd most common in Colombia and 514th most common in Mexico.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sarmiento» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 20,147 people named Sarmiento live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
150 people named Sarmiento live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Sarmiento.
Most of them — 35 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Gard.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
20 people named Sarmiento is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Sarmiento in American newspapers,
1883–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,619 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sarmiento,
with a public archive behind them.
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María de Sarmiento y Castilla 1385–1438 -
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar 1567–1626 · military officer -
José Sarmiento de Valladares, 1st Duke of Atrisco 1643–1708 · aristocrat -
Leoncio Sarmiento Cantillana d. 1974 · laborer
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Maria Sarmiento y Garcia de Villamayor 1265–1304
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Pedro Sarmiento 1375–1464 · courtier
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sarmiento.
- Sargsyan 1,117 · U.S. census
- Sari 855 · U.S. census
- Sarian 409 · U.S. census
- Saris 241 · U.S. census
- Sarkis 1,190 · U.S. census
- Sarkissian 1,443 · U.S. census
- Saron 100 · U.S. census
- Sarr 887 · U.S. census
- Sarra 560 · U.S. census
- Sarradet 109 · U.S. census
- Sarran 231 · U.S. census
- Sarrasin 138 · U.S. census
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