Last Name KENT

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Meaning Local: Of Kent. The Kentish people seem to have possessed strong migratory tendencies, de Kent being a common entry in early registers. Hence the numbers in modern directories.
Local: From the County Kent, in England. Camden derives this from 'canton,' a corner, because England in this place stretches itself into a corner to the north-east. 'Cant,' in Welsh, signifies, round, circular, which is probably the true signification.
Name KENT is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origin 'КЕНТЬ'. Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic version of this name.
'KENT' 'CENT' 'CKENT'
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Origin English, Jewish, Turkish, Irish, Belgian, South african, Hungarian, Belarusian

Rank 733 (2000 US census) 676 (1990 US census)
Count 42,597 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 86.06%, or 36659 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 9.88%, or 4209 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.62%, or 264 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.59%, or 251 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.48%, or 630 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.37%, or 584 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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