Dent Name Meaning: Habitational name from places in Yorkshire named 'Dent'. From old French dent,meaning 'tooth'.Latin 'Dens',genitive 'Dentis'.
This may have indicated someone with an inadequacy or peculiarity of the teeth.
Discover how your Dent ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 17 |
| Buckinghamshire | 16 |
| Berkshire | 6 |
| Cambridgeshire | 47 |
| Channel Islands | 1 |
| Cheshire | 12 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 69 |
| Derbyshire | 29 |
| Devon | 10 |
| Dorset | 7 |
| Durham | 931 |
| Essex | 89 |
| Gloucestershire | 104 |
| Hampshire | 47 |
| Herefordshire | 24 |
| Hertfordshire | 18 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 8 |
| Isle of Man | 2 |
| Kent | 17 |
| Lancashire | 437 |
| Leicestershire | 72 |
| Lincolnshire | 333 |
| London | 563 |
| Middlesex | 62 |
| Northumberland | 193 |
| Norfolk | 237 |
| Northamptonshire | 86 |
| Nottinghamshire | 102 |
| Oxfordshire | 3 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 8 |
| Shropshire | 2 |
| Suffolk | 72 |
| Somerset | 22 |
| Surrey | 47 |
| Sussex | 24 |
| Staffordshire | 250 |
| Warwickshire | 159 |
| Westmorland | 276 |
| Wiltshire | 3 |
| Worcestershire | 37 |
| Yorkshire | 1,042 |
| Anglesey | 10 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 1 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 21 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 27 |
| Pembrokeshire | 5 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,190 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 83 |
| Coal Miner | 78 |
| Dress Maker | 63 |
| General Labourer | 49 |
| Domestic Servant | 45 |
| Labourer | 42 |
| Annuitant | 35 |
| General Servant | 30 |
| Joiner | 30 |
| Cotton Weaver | 26 |
| Farmers Son | 25 |
| Butcher | 24 |
| Farmers Daughter | 23 |
| Farm Labourer | 22 |
| Laundress | 21 |
| Carpenter | 19 |
| Errand Boy | 19 |
| General Servant Domestic | 19 |
| Tailor | 17 |
| Farmers Wife | 17 |
| Farm Servant Indoor | 15 |
| Fisherman | 15 |
| House Keeper | 14 |
| Blacksmith | 13 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| John Dent | 2,831 |
| Mary Dent | 2,822 |
| William Dent | 2,632 |
| Elizabeth Dent | 1,881 |
| Thomas Dent | 1,850 |
| George Dent | 1,432 |
| Sarah Dent | 1,341 |
| James Dent | 1,107 |
| Jane Dent | 925 |
| Joseph Dent | 885 |
| Robert Dent | 835 |
| Ann Dent | 801 |
| Margaret Dent | 721 |
| Charles Dent | 675 |
| Henry Dent | 627 |
| Annie Dent | 585 |
| Hannah Dent | 483 |
| Alice Dent | 473 |
| Emma Dent | 446 |
| Frederick Dent | 382 |
| Eliza Dent | 380 |
| Arthur Dent | 369 |
| Ellen Dent | 333 |
| Emily Dent | 318 |
| Florence Dent | 318 |