Kents Surname
Approximately 422 people bear this surname
Kents Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 166 | 1:274,233 | 35,482 |
| Papua New Guinea | 108 | 1:75,497 | 9,888 |
| Russia | 52 | 1:2,771,597 | 154,559 |
| Estonia | 38 | 1:34,784 | 6,408 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 37 | 1:1,357,262 | 74,323 |
Kents (66) may also be a first name.
Kents Demographics
Kents Political Affiliation
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Kents Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kents Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kents (Russian: Кенц) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kents click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kents? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kents is the 698,433rd most frequently held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 17,269,066 people. Kents is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Kents reside; 48 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 48 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 66 people.
This last name is most widespread in Ukraine, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 274,233. In Ukraine Kents is mostly found in: Lviv Oblast, where 75 percent are found, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 10 percent are found and Zaporizhia Oblast, where 5 percent are found. Besides Ukraine it exists in 23 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent are found and Russia, where 12 percent are found.
Kents Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kents has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kents surname decreased 8 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kents Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kents surname is principally Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Kents surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
Kents earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.89% less than the national average, earning $30,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentse | 91 | 374 | / |
| Gkents | 91 | 72 | / |
| Kenths | 91 | 1 | / |
| Keents | 91 | 0 | / |
| Kentsch | 83 | 271 | / |
| Kentshe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Kennths | 83 | 1 | / |
| Koentzs | 83 | 0 | / |
| Kints | 80 | 827 | / |
| Kentz | 80 | 597 | / |
| Cents | 80 | 158 | / |
| Kynts | 80 | 20 | / |
| Kends | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kemts | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kientsch | 77 | 127 | / |
| Kentsova | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kuentsch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kentzsch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kientz | 73 | 2,735 | / |
| Kuentz | 73 | 1,559 | / |
| Kentch | 73 | 283 | / |
| Kindts | 73 | 170 | / |
| Kintse | 73 | 42 | / |
| Koentz | 73 | 20 | / |
| Chents | 73 | 9 | / |
| Quents | 73 | 2 | / |
| Cuents | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kentze | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kintzs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keentz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kendős | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kőntős | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kiends | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kaentz | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kemtst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kenç | 67 | 1,521 | / |
| Kenz | 67 | 878 | / |
| Kenc | 67 | 89 | / |
| Kintsch | 67 | 84 | / |
| Kentche | 67 | 3 | / |
| Knds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kncs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qnts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kemtshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Küntsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kntz | 67 | 1 | / |
Kents Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kents in the Russian language | ||
| Кенц | kenc | - |
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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
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- 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 Kents
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