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 73
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 60
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 127
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 27
Devon 20
Dorset 15
Durham 57
Essex 50
Gloucestershire 22
Hampshire 19
Herefordshire 14
Hertfordshire 16
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 11
Kent 53
Lancashire 832
Leicestershire 294
Lincolnshire 28
London 253
Middlesex 40
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 10
Northamptonshire 17
Nottinghamshire 67
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 11
Somerset 1
Surrey 22
Sussex 13
Staffordshire 73
Warwickshire 126
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 13
Worcestershire 39
Yorkshire 143

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 9
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bent Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bent family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 39
General Labourer 24
Cotton Weaver 21
Dress Maker 18
General Servant Domestic 18
Coal Miner Hewer 14
Cotton Spinner 13
Cook Domestic 11
Domestic Servant 10
Carpenter 8
House Maid Domestic 8
Laundress Wash 8
School 8
Agricultural Labourer 8
Farmer 8
Scholar 8
Housemaid Domestic 7
Tailoress 7
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 7
Hosiery Mender 7
Brick Layer 6
Draper Assistant 6
House Keeper Domestic 6
Straw Hat Finisher 6
Straw Hat Machinist 6

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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