Bents Surname

183,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,319 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Bents Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bents Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9001:89,45111,264
United States6441:562,82446,323
Russia3321:434,10641,255
Papua New Guinea1351:60,3987,783
Kazakhstan941:188,11217,764
Ukraine341:1,338,903111,766
England311:1,797,35772,927
Wales271:114,6128,773
Transnistria251:18,9883,397
Belarus241:395,87740,412
Latvia151:136,67019,278
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Kyrgyzstan71:853,23652,732
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1091:460,72233,053

Bents (68) may also be a first name.

Bents Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bents (Georgian: ბენც, Russian: Бенц) is found most frequently in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bents.

How Common Is The Last Name Bents? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 183,156th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,142,538 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Bents live; 39 percent live in Western Europe and 39 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,181,159th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 68 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 900 people, or 1 in 89,451. In Germany Bents is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 83 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 3 percent are found. Besides Germany Bents occurs in 32 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Russia, where 14 percent are found.

Bents Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bents has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bents surname expanded 591 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bents Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Bents surname are 5.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.82% registered with the party.

Bents earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.88% more than the national average, earning $46,116 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bentse91440/
Bentås9124/
Baents9115/
Bennts9115/
Bensts912/
Bients912/
Bentzs910/
Bent8923,898/
Bnts890/
Bentsch8344/
Beentts831/
Bhentse831/
Bentshe831/
Benntts830/
Bentz8014,404/
Bente804,321/
Bendt802,038/
Bencs80844/
Benth80647/
Vents80408/
Wents80104/
Bentt8091/
Bends8041/
Bentø8017/
Bints804/
Boent804/
Bient804/
Buent804/
Bynts803/
Bennt802/
Bhent802/
Bemts802/
Beent801/
Bentp801/
Bntzs801/
Besnt800/
Beunt800/
Baentsch7770/
Bentsche7716/
Bienthcs775/
Bentsova773/
Bhentshe771/
Bnt75495/
Bientz73560/
Bentch73176/
Bendte73139/
Benthe73136/
Benőcs7373/
Bhente7364/
Bentci7351/
Benntt7326/
Bhendt7323/
Bentze7319/
Ventts7318/
Vendts7318/
Bintse7317/
Bendtz7316/
Benstz7315/
Bencső7311/
Waents738/
Bennth734/
Beente734/
Bentte733/
Wentse733/
Bencsh732/
Benėtė732/
Benthz732/
Bendse731/
Bentzh731/
Benchs731/
Bennte731/
Beentz731/
Bintts731/
Bentce731/
Wenths730/
Boendt730/
Buentz730/
Behndt730/
Wendts730/
Benz6743,596/
Vent672,609/
Bint672,229/
Bend672,150/
Benc671,453/
Wentsch67216/
Benč67160/
Ventsch6746/
Bynt6726/
Bemt6714/
Benć6713/
Benntte6711/
Benç679/
Bnte676/
Bendsøe675/
Bhendse674/
Bentova673/
Ouentse672/
Bntc672/
Bnnt672/
Benndtt671/
Vnts671/
Bennőcs671/
Bentche671/
Bintsch671/
Wnts671/
Bhnt671/
Bncs671/
Bndt671/
Bnth671/
Bntx671/
Bntz671/

Bents Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bents in the Georgian language
ბენცbents-
Bents in the Russian language
Бенцbenc-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bents
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