Dent is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dent
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dent

How popular is Dent?

Dent is common in United States.

Dent is ranked 14298 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Dent bearers increased by 5.6171 per cent in 2010 US census to 14873 since 2000, the surname slipped by 82 spots and ranked at 2436. The last name was found in around 50 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 57.45 59.27
Black 37.41 36.91
Others 2.14 1.56
Hispanic or Latino 2 1.44
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.37
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.45
Dent is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Falkland Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 36924 people have been found who wears Dent as their family name. Dent is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,742 China9
83,734 Belarus9
20,929 Azerbaijan7
95,557 Czech Republic6
7,594 Pakistan5
11,802 Egypt4
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
59,967 Moldova4
7,619 Ecuador3
7,683 Latvia3
10,762 Hungary3
4,554 Guatemala3
2,967 Vietnam3
16,605 Austria3
21,529 Singapore2
37,372 Georgia2
54,135 Philippines2
65,594 Belgium2
10,211 Bulgaria2
2,401 Honduras2
1,333 Guam2
5,318 Iraq2
18,625 Japan2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
17,547 Colombia2
1,118 Isle of Man2
9,185 Hong Kong2
6,353 Panama2
19,093 Finland2
53,033 Nigeria1
9,116 Nicaragua1
37,779 Serbia1
123,175 Tanzania1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
38,063 Mauritania1
7,110 Bosnia1
24,460 Armenia1
49,529 Israel1
29,595 Iran1
1,818 Guernsey1
42,479 Greece1
113 Falkland Islands1
10,683 Cyprus1
15,705 Cameroon1
2,374 Bermuda1
2,190 Barbados1
7,847 Albania1
17,575 Kuwait1
3,307 Malta1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
472 Tonga1
5,553 Taiwan1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
7,895 South Korea1
11,923 Slovenia1
24,176 Qatar1
11,510 Oman1
38,830 Morocco1
2,309 Monaco1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,939 Costa Rica45
23,537 Switzerland45
43,851 Netherlands44
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
62,367 Kazakhstan33
32,811 Sweden29
21,901 Chile27
3,338 Thailand27
28,338 Norway20
435,402 India19
29,040 Denmark15
411,400 Indonesia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,066 Croatia97
67,110 Italy90
30,841 Spain80
57,588 Argentina75
2,801 Northern Ireland72
2,783 Jamaica71
Countries with hundreds of Dent:
1,138 New Zealand637
17,127 Germany605
30,009 France331
1,201 Wales327
46,801 Russia307
2,347 Scotland295
14,022 Mexico288
8,711 Romania251
8,346 Malaysia228
24,716 Turkey210
2,416 Ireland186
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
11,173 Peru142
69,781 Brazil127
47,193 Ukraine107
Countries with thousands of Dent:
918 England8,233
972 Australia3,205
3,278 South Africa1,972
3,279 Canada1,441
Countries with ten thousands of Dent:
2,377 United States16,914
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 26 years old farmer Samuel Dent who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on August 14, 1849 by Niagara put out from Liverpool. William Dent, Emma Dent, aged Born at sea, Margt. Dent (50) Immigrant, 21 years old Jno. Dent, Workman Joseph Dent, Jonathan Dent (13) Workman, Robert Dent (10) Workman, 22 years old Esther Dent, and 30 other Dent around 56.25% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Comments

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Tessie Mullings
Dent is a nickname for a person with long and strong teeth.

Dent Namesakes

  • Randy Denton, Basketball Player
  • Heavenli Denton, Singer
  • Richard Dent, Football player
  • Aileen Dent, Artist
  • Akeem Dent, Football linebacker
  • Alec Denton, Soccer player
  • Allegra Denton, Actress
  • Lester Dent, Author
  • Ancilla Dent, Writer
  • Andrew Denton, Television producer
  • In 2011 horror film, Happy Birthday, Jordan Dent portrayed Arch Angel, Rabbit Chauffeur, Zombie Doctor 2.
  • In 2016 horror movie, Peelers, Cameron Dent characterized Tony.

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