Dents Surname

904,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 295 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Dents Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dents Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1431:2,534,678154,329
Nigeria1181:1,501,21057,254
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
England31:18,572,686338,250
France31:22,140,907385,998
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Dents (43) may also be a first name.

Dents Last Name Facts

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

Dents (Marathi: डेिनस, Russian: Денц) is found most in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dents? popularity and diffusion

It is the 904,049th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 24,703,545 people. Dents is predominantly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Dents live; 48 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Anglo-North America. Dents is also the 1,545,828th most frequently held given name at a global level. It is borne by 43 people.

The last name Dents is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 2,534,678. In The United States it is most common in: Louisiana, where 45 percent are found, Texas, where 20 percent are found and Missouri, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 40 percent are found and Russia, where 6 percent are found.

Dents Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dents has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dents last name rose 1,589 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dents Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dents surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

Dents earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.62% more than the national average, earning $44,712 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dentsz9111/
Dentse917/
Dentst911/
Dent's911/
Dent8940,623/
Dentsch8334/
Dente806,363/
Dentz80855/
Dencs80621/
Dentt8037/
Denth8018/
Dntst808/
Duent805/
Demts804/
Dints802/
Dendt802/
Deent802/
Dient802/
Dhent802/
Doent802/
Dennt801/
Dends800/
Dentsova7769/
Duentsch777/
Dentsche770/
Dnt7512/
Dehent7353/
Denthe7353/
Dentch7343/
Dintse7330/
Demtse7323/
Dencső7316/
Dientz7310/
Duends734/
Dentte733/
Deente731/
Dentze731/
D'Dent731/
Duentz731/
Denntt731/
Dent'e731/
Dennth730/
Duentzsch712/
Denz674,065/
Denc67161/
Dend6785/
Düntsch6759/
Denč6738/
Dintsch6727/
Dehgent6724/
Dintshe6717/
Dint6715/
Dynt6712/
Dentova676/
Demt673/
Dentová672/
Demtshe672/
Dentche671/
Dentschová671/
Dndt671/
Dnht671/
Dntx671/
Dhnt671/
Hdnt671/
Denstch670/

Dents Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dents in the Marathi language
डेिनसdeinasa50
डेनिटसdenitasa50
Dents in the Russian language
Денцdenc-

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Dents Reference & Research

Denton DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Denton FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dents
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis