Lents Surname

186,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,272 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Lents Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lents Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1311:320,47729,222
Russia7501:192,16421,308
Ukraine991:459,82553,915
Kazakhstan761:232,66420,860
Estonia581:22,7904,104
Hungary321:306,75923,012
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Belarus181:527,83748,523
Kyrgyzstan121:497,72137,801
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1741:288,61323,092

Lents (13) may also be a first name.

Lents Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lents (Georgian: ლენც, Russian: Ленц) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Lents click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lents? popularity and diffusion

Lents is the 186,405th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,207,547 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Lents are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Lents is also the 3,159,357th most widespread forename on earth, borne by 13 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,131 people, or 1 in 320,477. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Indiana, where 20 percent reside, Texas, where 9 percent reside and Missouri, where 8 percent reside. Outside of The United States Lents is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 33 percent reside and Ukraine, where 4 percent reside.

Lents Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lents has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lents last name expanded 650 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lents Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Lents last name is predominantly Orthodox (82%) in Russia and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Lents last name are 16.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.08% registered with the political party.

Lents earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.54% more than the national average, earning $45,539 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lentse918/
Lients910/
Lent897,098/
Lentsch831,940/
Lentcsh837/
Lentchs835/
Lentshe834/
Lentz8031,019/
Lente801,736/
Lints80807/
Lendt80588/
Lenth80530/
Lencs8052/
Leent8052/
Luent8047/
Länts8043/
Lynts8029/
Leunt808/
Lends804/
Lentc803/
Lient803/
Lentt801/
Laent801/
Lentzsch77454/
Lentsova77271/
Lnt754/
Lenthe73392/
Lentze73378/
Lientz73237/
Lemtse7344/
Lluent7330/
Lentch7328/
Lionts7318/
Llente736/
Lenchs734/
Lintse733/
Loentz731/
Lintts731/
Lennth731/
D'Lent731/
Laenth731/
Laentz731/
Lentzz731/
Lynths730/
Llentz730/
Lenntt730/
Lengys730/
Lintsz730/
Liends730/
Lyonts730/
Lenz6781,868/
Lint673,688/
Lenc671,466/
Lend67707/
Lentova67116/
Lynt6759/
Lenzsch6746/
Lenč6737/
Lntz672/
Lemt671/
Lncs671/
Lendsøe671/
Lentová671/
Lenţ671/
Lentche671/
Hlnt671/
Lnte670/

Lents Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lents in the Georgian language
ლენცlents-
Lents in the Russian language
Ленцlenc-

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Lents Reference & Research

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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 Lents
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