Bent Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 20
Cambridgeshire 49
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 96
Cornwall 19
Cumberland 27
Derbyshire 31
Devon 31
Dorset 16
Durham 60
Essex 37
Gloucestershire 36
Hampshire 17
Herefordshire 22
Hertfordshire 17
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 10
Isle of Man 6
Kent 27
Lancashire 654
Leicestershire 244
Lincolnshire 15
London 361
Middlesex 63
Northumberland 15
Norfolk 20
Northamptonshire 32
Nottinghamshire 55
Oxfordshire 13
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 10
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 22
Somerset 1
Surrey 38
Sussex 21
Staffordshire 82
Warwickshire 108
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 28
Yorkshire 153

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 14
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bent Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bent family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 411
Coal Miner 33
Labourer 27
Living On Own Means 27
General Labourer 26
Agricultural Labourer 26
Dress Maker 21
Living On Her Own Means 21
Cotton Weaver 21
Domestic Servant 20
Farmer 18
Farm Labourer 16
Carter 10
Joiner 10
Butcher 10
General Servant Domestic 9
Gardener 9
Dock Labourer 8
General Servant 8
Baker 8
Grocer 8
General Domestic Servant 7
Grocer Assistant 7
Laundress 7
House Keeper 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Bent

Name Census Frequency
Mary Bent 1,234
John Bent 1,172
William Bent 1,062
Elizabeth Bent 739
Sarah Bent 677
Thomas Bent 676
James Bent 600
George Bent 498
Ann Bent 389
Joseph Bent 349
Charles Bent 316
Henry Bent 306
Jane Bent 278
Eliza Bent 255
Emma Bent 244
Alice Bent 234
Hannah Bent 231
Richard Bent 220
Ellen Bent 216
Margaret Bent 211
Annie Bent 200
Samuel Bent 195
Edward Bent 194
Frederick Bent 193
Emily Bent 181

Bent Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bent 100% 17,171
2 Bunt 75% 5,098
3 Bant 75% 2,121
4 Bint 75% 1,710
5 Binet 60% 625
6 Benet 80% 300
7 Bonet 60% 254
8 Bont 75% 244
9 Banet 60% 239
10 Bount 60% 182
11 Beant 80% 122

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The surname Bent is the most popular version of all its varients

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