Pent Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cheshire 2
Derbyshire 9
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 1
London 1
Montgomeryshire 6
Norfolk 18
Nottinghamshire 2
Wiltshire 1
Yorkshire 10
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Northamptonshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Worcestershire 0

Pent Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pent family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 4
Flannel Weaver 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Female Servant 2
Farmer 1
Cotton Knitter 1
Barrister 1
Ag Labourer 1
Woollen Weaver 1
Woollen Weaver Joiner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Pent

Name Census Frequency
Mary Pent 24
John Pent 15
William Pent 15
Elizabeth Pent 12
Sarah Pent 11
Edward Pent 8
Thomas Pent 8
James Pent 7
Joseph Pent 7
Ellen Pent 6
George Pent 6
Ann Pent 5
Emma Pent 5
Hannah Pent 5
Margaret Pent 5
Florence Pent 4
Frederick Pent 4
Robert Pent 4
Ada Pent 3
Alice Pent 3
Annie Pent 3
Catherine Pent 3
Henry Pent 3
Martha Pent 3
Charlotte Pent 2

Pent Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pont 75% 2,420
2 Punt 75% 2,008
3 Pinto 60% 462
4 Paint 60% 390
5 Pant 75% 347
6 Pent 100% 251
7 Point 60% 209
8 Pount 60% 164

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The surname Pent is the 6th most popular variant of Pont.

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