Bent Surname

22,727th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,898 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Bent Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the Bend' or 'Bent' from residence thereby. Probably the bend in a river, or valley, or hillside.

Robert de la Bende, Salop, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Bent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,3271:57,2886,809
England3,9041:14,2722,106
Jamaica3,8361:748142
Canada1,8641:19,7672,758
Algeria1,6841:22,9404,189
Colombia1,0391:45,9812,421
Morocco7501:45,9687,487
Australia6381:42,3135,401
South Africa3991:135,78415,735
Netherlands3491:48,3878,283
Turkey3451:225,56916,076
Nicaragua2451:24,5761,051
Germany2261:356,21934,354
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
New Zealand2121:21,3603,753
Ireland2061:22,8592,259
Zimbabwe1991:77,57911,409
Panama1891:20,7001,384
Costa Rica1331:35,940969
Wales1131:27,3852,827
France851:781,44495,071
Scotland811:66,0975,205
India671:11,448,737210,278
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
Northern Ireland411:45,0013,962
Russia411:3,515,196179,721
Nigeria401:4,428,569120,862
Iran381:2,020,59371,790
Cayman Islands361:1,775228
Denmark321:176,39714,920
United Arab Emirates311:295,55719,854
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Northern Cyprus261:12,2703,169
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Belize211:16,9271,658
Spain201:2,337,60257,118
Honduras191:464,0233,299
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Cuba181:640,1515,890
Greece171:651,75273,285
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Romania101:2,007,78754,092
China91:151,924,6187,954
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Pakistan91:19,849,32172,658
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Greenland71:8,054710
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Norway61:857,04855,549
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland881:50,3394,237
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,1681:11,2431,724
Wales141:112,0304,740
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3321:37,7024,470

Bent (55,260) may also be a first name.

Bent Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the Bend' or 'Bent' from residence thereby. Probably the bend in a river, or valley, or hillside.

Robert de la Bende, Salop, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

1607. Nicholas Bent, Leicestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1684-5. William Turton and Elizabeth Bent: Marriage Lic. (London).

1744. Married — John Bent and Mary Oliver: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Local. There are places so named in the shires of Ayr, Lanark, and Dumbarton.

William Bent, soldier in Edinburgh, 1658 (Edinb. Man.).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) Dweller at a Moor, Common, or Hillside on which bent-grass grew. [Old English beonet, bent-grass] And dounward from an hille, under a bente, Ther stood the temple of Mars army- potente.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 1981-2. Unto midnight, that the moone did rise, He walked up and downe; Then a lightsome bugle heard he blowe Over the bents soe browne.

— ‘Sir Cauline ’: Percy’s Reliques.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at an unenclosed pasture, moor or health; dweller where bent grass grew.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

An open plain, common, or moor. See English Surn. i. 64.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. A plain, a moor, covered with the bent—grass.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Bent: is an Old English name for a high pasture or shelving piece of moorland; hence the names Broadbent and Bentley.

“Downward on an hil under a bent Ther stood the tempul of Marz armypotent.” Canterbury Pilgrims: “Knight’s Tale.”

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Bent Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bent Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bent (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺖ, Hindi: बेअन्त, Marathi: बेन्ट, Russian: Бент) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bent? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 22,727th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 304,944 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Bent are found; 34 percent are found in North America and 34 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 16,976th most widespread forename in the world It is held by 55,260 people.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 6,327 people, or 1 in 57,288. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 13 percent live, Florida, where 12 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States Bent exists in 114 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent live and Jamaica, where 16 percent live.

Bent Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bent has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 475 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 234 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 807 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,013 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bent Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Bent last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Bent surname are 0.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.68% registered with the political party.

The amount Bent earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 21.94% less than the national average, earning 270,159 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 22.2% more than the national average, earning R 290,400 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.83% less than the national average, earning $20,698,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.74% more than the national average, earning $47,782 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.95% less than the national average, earning $46,230 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bente894,321/
Bents892,319/
Bendt892,038/
Benth89647/
Bentt8991/
Bentø8917/
Boent894/
Bient894/
Buent894/
Bennt892/
Bhent892/
Beent891/
Bentp891/
Besnt890/
Beunt890/
Ben86194,297/
Bnt86495/
Bentch80176/
Bendte80139/
Benthe80136/
Bhente8064/
Benntt8026/
Bentås8024/
Bhendt8023/
Bendtz8016/
Bennts8015/
Bennth804/
Beente804/
Bentte803/
Benėtė802/
Benthz802/
Bennte801/
Beentz801/
Boendt800/
Behndt800/
Bien7536,910/
Benn7519,272/
Beng7515,026/
Been758,795/
Buen757,857/
Behn756,502/
Boen755,810/
Went754,256/
Vent752,609/
Bint752,229/
Bend752,150/
Beun751,903/
Baen751,018/
Bøen75519/
Bhen75357/
Benő75261/
Benč75160/
Bynt7526/
Hben7525/
Bemt7514/
Benć7513/
Åben757/
Bnte756/
Besn754/
Beïn754/
Uent753/
Bemn753/
Bnnt752/
Benq751/
B'En751/
Bhnt751/
Bndt751/
Bnth751/
Bntz751/
Bnts750/
Benntte7311/
Bentova733/
Benndtt731/
Beentts731/
Benntts730/
Wendt6762,797/
Binte677,214/
Vente676,265/
Benne673,701/
Wente672,490/
Beğen671,733/
Biehn671,689/
Bn671,572/
Bhend671,178/
Bünte671,087/
Vendt67811/
Bhint67642/
Behnk67580/
Bendz67447/
Vents67408/
Bhaen67245/
Biend67243/
Beehn67239/
Bönte67229/
Vient67214/
Venth67187/
Boehn67174/
Wenth67170/
Buehn67130/
Wentt67120/
Bindt67118/
Binth67105/
Bengy6751/
Bhuen6749/
Bienn6747/
Beenk6747/
Bheen6746/
Bends6741/
Bendő6737/
Beemt6734/
Bengő6733/
Hbeen6729/
Buend6728/
Bheng6725/
Bhenn6722/
Beeng6722/
Bøeng6721/
Ben H6720/
Bennő6718/
Åboen6717/
Bhoen6714/
Baehn6710/
Uentz6710/
Benkø6710/
Beend679/
Bøien679/
Bisnt676/
Bemdt676/
Benzz675/
Bhnth675/
Bemth675/
Bints674/
Beemn674/
Bengh674/
Bengg674/
Benng673/
Bemtz673/
Wentd673/
Bennd673/
Bynts673/
Bhien672/
Bendh672/
Ben S672/
Bemts672/
Vaent672/
Buint671/
Byont671/
Huent671/
Beesn671/
Bendp671/
Binnt671/
Besng671/
Baenn671/
Wemnt671/
Wennt671/
Wient671/
Behnn671/
Bendd671/
Waent671/
Åbuen671/
Benčő671/
Bennk671/
Bånåt671/
Ben-H671/
Bhnte671/
Benqu671/
Bemtp671/
Bintd671/
Bndth671/
Bnnte671/
Wuent670/
Baend670/
Benjs670/
Beuhn670/
Beenn670/
Boenn670/
Beund670/

Bent Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bent in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻨﺖbnt83.87
ﻣﻨﺖmnt9.68
ﺑﺖbt3.23
ﺑﻨﺘﻪbnth3.23
Bent in the Hindi language
बेअन्तbe'anta50.94
बेन्तbenta35.85
बेन्टbenta7.55
बेंतbenta5.66
Bent in the Marathi language
बेन्टbenta40
बेनेटbeneta20
बेनतbenata20
बॅन्टbenta20
Bent in the Russian language
Бентbent-

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