Kents Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 4
Durham 7
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 5
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Kents Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kents family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Brush Makers Widow 1
Domestic Servant 1
Housemaid 1
Cook Domestic Servant 1
Bricklayer Labourer 1
Brick Layer 1
Mariner 1
Stone Mason Apprentice 1
Wife 1
Carter Agricultural Labourer 1
Farmers Widow 1
Bankers Clerk 1
County Treasure For Dorset 1
Funiture Salesman 1
Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kents

Name Census Frequency
William Kents 11
John Kents 9
Mary Kents 9
Henry Kents 7
James Kents 7
Thomas Kents 7
Jane Kents 6
Ann Kents 5
Annie Kents 5
Elizabeth Kents 5
George Kents 5
Arthur Kents 4
Charles Kents 4
Emily Kents 4
Emma Kents 4
Sarah Kents 4
Eliza Kents 3
Ernest Kents 3
Frederick Kents 3
Joseph Kents 3
Louisa Kents 3
Robert Kents 3
Agnes Kents 2
Laura Kents 2
Lucy Kents 2

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