Kent Forename
4,968th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 210,404 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden
Kent Forename Definition:
A Celtic name, meaning: Chief. (Cymric) Radiant. (Old English) The walking stick that helps over a ditch. (Teutonic) Recognized by a judicial act.
Kent Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 129,729 | 1:2,795 | 486 |
| Sweden | 100% | 30,671 | 1:321 | 55 |
| Philippines | 98% | 11,498 | 1:9,220 | 1,268 |
| Canada | 100% | 10,437 | 1:3,175 | 583 |
| Denmark | - | 5,460 | 1:1,035 | 215 |
| Norway | 100% | 3,435 | 1:1,494 | 298 |
| Australia | - | 2,687 | 1:5,083 | 663 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,333 | 1:3,403 | 562 |
| Russia | 98% | 1,075 | 1:134,171 | 2,320 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,049 | 1:29,373 | 3,696 |
| England | 100% | 1,024 | 1:54,300 | 2,506 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 975 | 1:31,231 | 2,861 |
| China | - | 841 | 1:1,624,323 | 39,883 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 644 | 1:32,297 | 3,883 |
| Ghana | 100% | 618 | 1:43,667 | 2,441 |
| South Africa | 98% | 563 | 1:96,861 | 7,958 |
| Zambia | - | 510 | 1:31,088 | 2,315 |
| Indonesia | - | 502 | 1:513,872 | 38,388 |
| Hong Kong | - | 436 | 1:17,781 | 2,046 |
| Japan | - | 416 | 1:307,659 | 8,667 |
| Malawi | 100% | 402 | 1:42,568 | 2,981 |
| Nigeria | 95% | 396 | 1:448,395 | 14,621 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 383 | 1:3,555 | 668 |
| Kenya | - | 363 | 1:127,568 | 6,122 |
| Finland | 100% | 335 | 1:16,368 | 1,013 |
| Singapore | 100% | 317 | 1:19,833 | 3,608 |
| Thailand | 100% | 314 | 1:223,140 | 14,118 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Belize | 100% | 272 | 1:1,303 | 286 |
| Germany | 100% | 243 | 1:397,851 | 4,624 |
| Peru | 100% | 191 | 1:166,447 | 4,745 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69% | 165 | 1:49,408 | 4,776 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 135 | 1:223,718 | 7,859 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 130 | 1:80,241 | 4,513 |
| Jamaica | - | 128 | 1:22,525 | 1,776 |
| Estonia | 100% | 123 | 1:10,694 | 1,172 |
| Brazil | 100% | 101 | 1:2,121,150 | 43,813 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 91 | 1:66,136 | 2,790 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 88 | 1:599,867 | 15,752 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| India | 72% | 84 | 1:14,462,833 | 382,462 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 77 | 1:2,309 | 428 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 72 | 1:234,751 | 8,223 |
| Mexico | 100% | 66 | 1:1,880,976 | 11,473 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 66 | 1:360,147 | 24,059 |
| Belarus | 100% | 62 | 1:152,942 | 1,446 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 62 | 1:1,190,768 | 33,715 |
| Grenada | 100% | 57 | 1:1,897 | 398 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 57 | 1:1,624,967 | 3,029 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 54 | 1:1,135 | 255 |
| Greenland | - | 51 | 1:1,105 | 240 |
| France | 100% | 49 | 1:1,356,538 | 9,323 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 49 | 1:167,622 | 4,226 |
| Honduras | 100% | 47 | 1:187,606 | 4,536 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Panama | 100% | 41 | 1:95,282 | 4,823 |
| Ecuador | - | 40 | 1:443,173 | 5,032 |
| Scotland | 100% | 40 | 1:133,759 | 2,800 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 40 | 1:178,800 | 11,813 |
| Uganda | 73% | 38 | 1:1,077,814 | 18,180 |
| Liberia | 100% | 37 | 1:119,245 | 4,888 |
| Bermuda | - | 36 | 1:1,801 | 401 |
| Guyana | 100% | 33 | 1:23,129 | 2,720 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 30 | 1:3,658 | 648 |
| Ireland | 100% | 29 | 1:160,121 | 3,351 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 95% | 28 | 1:3,985 | 727 |
| Turkey | 100% | 28 | 1:2,778,632 | 16,815 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 27 | 1:176,591 | 4,323 |
| Wales | 100% | 26 | 1:119,012 | 2,694 |
| Colombia | 100% | 25 | 1:1,911,157 | 16,382 |
| Chile | 86% | 24 | 1:733,634 | 7,584 |
| South Korea | - | 24 | 1:231,018 | 8,270 |
| Bahamas | - | 23 | 1:17,364 | 1,170 |
| Spain | - | 23 | 1:2,023,042 | 11,683 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Iraq | 100% | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 19 | 1:934,044 | 10,348 |
| Macau | - | 19 | 1:32,011 | 444 |
| Zimbabwe | 80% | 19 | 1:811,780 | 30,897 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 15 | 1:2,174,901 | 18,600 |
| Azerbaijan | 83% | 14 | 1:688,782 | 12,126 |
| Bolivia | - | 10 | 1:1,060,140 | 3,387 |
| Italy | 89% | 10 | 1:6,106,209 | 25,028 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Austria | 100% | 8 | 1:1,064,275 | 7,469 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 8 | 1:5,687,488 | 9,604 |
| Argentina | 67% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 6 | 1:8,188 | 985 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Belgium | 100% | 5 | 1:2,298,008 | 20,299 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Moldova | - | 5 | 1:712,228 | 3,885 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Barbados | - | 4 | 1:72,447 | 2,209 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Czechia | 95% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Latvia | - | 3 | 1:671,882 | 3,893 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Iceland | 100% | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Israel | - | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
Kent (116,085) may also be a surname.
Kent Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Celtic name, meaning: Chief. (Cymric) Radiant. (Old English) The walking stick that helps over a ditch. (Teutonic) Recognized by a judicial act.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Kent Forename Popularity
Kent Demographics
Kent Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 29,412 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenth | 89 | 6,751 | / |
| Kente | 89 | 173 | / |
| Kient | 89 | 63 | / |
| Kennt | 89 | 60 | / |
| Kentt | 89 | 36 | / |
| Kendt | 89 | 17 | / |
| Keent | 89 | 16 | / |
| Hkent | 89 | 9 | / |
| Kaent | 89 | 7 | / |
| Ckent | 89 | 7 | / |
| Gkent | 89 | 5 | / |
| Kkent | 89 | 4 | / |
| Kentd | 89 | 4 | / |
| Kuent | 89 | 2 | / |
| Koent | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kehnt | 89 | 1 | / |
| Knt | 86 | 91 | / |
| Kennth | 80 | 3,477 | / |
| Kienth | 80 | 33 | / |
| Keenth | 80 | 17 | / |
| Kenthe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kennht | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kennte | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kenntt | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kenndt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ckient | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ckkent | 80 | 1 | / |
| Keunth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kemnth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ken'te | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kent'h | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kenthd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kenthz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kentte | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kehnte | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kkenth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kendth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kent's | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cent | 75 | 1,110 | / |
| Kint | 75 | 357 | / |
| Kend | 75 | 203 | / |
| Kynt | 75 | 20 | / |
| Hknt | 75 | 3 | / |
| Khnt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kqnt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kntz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Knts | 75 | 1 | / |
| Knte | 75 | 1 | / |
| Qent | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kennthe | 73 | 17 | / |
| Kenntth | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kenntte | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kenntht | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kenndth | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kentova | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keenths | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kennhth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Quent | 67 | 456 | / |
| Kinte | 67 | 318 | / |
| Kengy | 67 | 69 | / |
| Kinth | 67 | 51 | / |
| Kuunt | 67 | 50 | / |
| Chent | 67 | 45 | / |
| Kynth | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kindt | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kuint | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kennd | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kaend | 67 | 6 | / |
| Koend | 67 | 3 | / |
| Keemt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qents | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kyont | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kemth | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kendh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hcent | 67 | 2 | / |
| Keend | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qient | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ckint | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kendd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kjntw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knthd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keniuata | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kcntd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kqnnt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kynte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kyndt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knøtt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cennt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kisnt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kintt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiend | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qenth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qente | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qoent | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cehnt | 67 | 1 | / |
Kent Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kent in the Russian language | ||
| Кент | kent | - |
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