Dent Surname

13,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40,623 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Dent Surname Definition:

(English or Celtic) belonging to Dent (Yorks), named from the river. (French) 1 a nickname for one with a con­spicuous Tooth [Frenchdent, Latin dens,dent-is, a tooth] Cp. the English surname Tooth.

2 a weak form of Dennett, q.v.

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Dent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States20,0341:18,0922,291
England9,9301:5,611797
Australia4,8331:5,586812
Canada1,5201:24,2413,294
Egypt8541:107,6538,985
New Zealand6731:6,7291,130
South Africa4051:133,77215,565
Wales3271:9,4631,041
Scotland2541:21,0782,435
Liberia2301:19,1681,944
Ireland1891:24,9152,377
Nigeria1771:1,000,80742,311
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Russia1461:987,14476,448
France901:738,03091,686
Guatemala781:206,1883,870
Northern Ireland701:26,3582,890
Germany701:1,150,07875,714
Spain341:1,375,06044,096
Netherlands321:527,72448,879
Costa Rica271:177,0402,395
Mexico261:4,774,08528,474
Ecuador251:636,23411,898
Palestine241:189,5359,079
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Jamaica201:143,4975,007
India181:42,614,743461,117
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Pakistan161:11,165,24351,703
Croatia151:281,90728,677
Guam121:13,3432,098
China101:136,732,1577,199
Isle of Man91:9,5362,057
Kazakhstan91:1,964,72289,832
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Falkland Islands81:39268
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Jordan71:1,263,20516,935
Yemen71:3,775,04217,439
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Panama41:978,06412,245
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Tonga11:107,313791
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland581:76,3775,461
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,6151:4,341652
Scotland591:63,4443,911
Wales591:26,5831,512
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6731:13,6721,754

Dent (1,786) may also be a first name.

Dent Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English or Celtic) belonging to Dent (Yorks), named from the river. (French) 1 a nickname for one with a con­spicuous Tooth [Frenchdent, Latin dens,dent-is, a tooth] Cp. the English surname Tooth.

2 a weak form of Dennett, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Dent (hill), in Yorkshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A township and chapelry in Yorkshire, and a place in Northumberland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Dents have been established in Darlington since the reign of James I. (Long.). The name is also represented in Yorkshire and in Herefordshire; and there are places thus called in the West Riding and Northumberland.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Dent Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dent (Russian: Дент) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dent? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dent is the 13,740th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 179,395 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Dent are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 181,002nd most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 1,786 people.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 20,034 people, or 1 in 18,092. In The United States it is most frequent in: Georgia, where 13 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States it occurs in 109 countries. It also occurs in England, where 24 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.

Dent Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dent has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 545 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 554 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 431 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 326 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Dent Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (71%) in Ireland, Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Dent last name are 9.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.87% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dent earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.83% more than the national average, earning R 415,452 per year; in United States they earn 3.04% less than the national average, earning $41,838 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.61% more than the national average, earning $52,966 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dente896,363/
Dents89295/
Dentt8937/
Denth8918/
Duent895/
Dhent892/
Dient892/
Deent892/
Dendt892/
Doent892/
Dennt891/
Den8621,923/
Dnt8612/
Denthe8053/
Dehent8053/
Dentch8043/
Dentsz8011/
Dentte803/
Denntt801/
Dent's801/
Deente801/
D'Dent801/
Dent'e801/
Dennth800/
Deng759,953,614/
Deen75355,223/
Dien7513,335/
Dehn7510,160/
Daen753,876/
Denn752,357/
Doen75485/
Duen75373/
Deun75202/
Dhen75166/
Dend7585/
Denč7538/
Denq7529/
Dint7515/
Dynt7512/
Dden7510/
Hden757/
Desn753/
Demt753/
Åden753/
Tden751/
D'En751/
Demn751/
Dndt751/
Dnht751/
Dhnt751/
Hdnt751/
Dentsch7334/
Dehgent7324/
Dentova736/
Dentová732/
Denstch730/
Denne674,198/
Dheng673,240/
Dheen672,170/
Dengg671,927/
Dn671,056/
Daehn67690/
Diehn67679/
Deeng67454/
Dinte67439/
Dhien67251/
Dhaen67175/
Dhend67110/
Duehn67107/
Dhoen67103/
Gyden6767/
Dienn6744/
Dünte6736/
Doehn6727/
Ddeen6724/
Dencz6723/
Demne6719/
Diont6719/
Duenn6717/
Demte6712/
Håden6710/
Denkë679/
Dengc678/
Dintz677/
Denng675/
Demts674/
Deenn674/
Deemn674/
Duend674/
Dintt673/
Dengy673/
Deenc673/
Dehng673/
Ddeng673/
Dinth673/
Deunn672/
Daend672/
Dieën672/
Dints672/
Denkh672/
Hdend671/
Diend671/
Dimnt671/
Deund671/
Dhenk671/
Dhint671/
Demnn671/
Deend671/
Demtz671/
Dendh671/
Dyntz671/
Tdeng671/
Dennh671/
Hdeen671/
Deemt671/
Dyont671/
Düntz671/
Demng671/
Dennn671/
Den'g671/
Ddien671/
Deesn671/
Dennd670/
Doenn670/
Deuhn670/
Hdenn670/
Dends670/
Dehnk670/

Dent Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dent in the Russian language
Дентdent-

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Dent Reference & Research

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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 Dent
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