Kents Surname

698,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 422 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Estonia

Kents Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kents Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1661:274,23335,482
Papua New Guinea1081:75,4979,888
Russia521:2,771,597154,559
Estonia381:34,7846,408
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Kents (66) may also be a first name.

Kents Last Name Facts

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

Kents (Russian: Кенц) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kents? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kents is the 698,433rd most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Kents live; 48 percent live in Eastern Europe and 48 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,201,840th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 66 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 274,233. In Ukraine it is mostly concentrated in: Lviv Oblast, where 75 percent live, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 10 percent live and Zaporizhia Oblast, where 5 percent live. Outside of Ukraine Kents exists in 23 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent live and Russia, where 12 percent live.

Kents Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kents has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kents last name fell 8 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kents Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Kents surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kentse91374/
Gkents9172/
Kenths911/
Keents910/
Kentsch83271/
Kentshe836/
Kennths831/
Koentzs830/
Kints80827/
Kentz80597/
Cents80158/
Kynts8020/
Kends806/
Kemts801/
Kientsch77127/
Kentsova773/
Kuentsch771/
Kentzsch771/
Kientz732,735/
Kuentz731,559/
Kentch73283/
Kindts73170/
Kintse7342/
Koentz7320/
Chents739/
Quents732/
Cuents731/
Kentze731/
Kintzs731/
Keentz731/
Kendős731/
Kőntős731/
Kiends730/
Kaentz730/
Kemtst730/
Kenç671,521/
Kenz67878/
Kenc6789/
Kintsch6784/
Kentche673/
Knds671/
Kncs671/
Qnts671/
Kemtshe671/
Küntsch671/
Kntz671/

Kents Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kents in the Russian language
Кенцkenc-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kents
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