Shent Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

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

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

Shent Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shent family

Profession Census Frequency
Barrister At Son Solicit 2
Housemaid (domestic) 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
House Maid Domestic 1
Parlourmaid Domestic 1
Servant Domestic 1
Needle Work Shirt 1
Housekeeper Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shent

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Shent 10
John Shent 9
Thomas Shent 7
William Shent 6
Edward Shent 5
Mary Shent 5
Sarah Shent 5
Emma Shent 4
Jane Shent 4
Annie Shent 3
Arthur Shent 3
Eliza Shent 3
Matilda Shent 3
Samuel Shent 3
Adelaide Shent 2
Daniel Shent 2
Frank Shent 2
George Shent 2
Rose Shent 2
Ruth Shent 2
Stephen Shent 2
Walter Shent 2
Ada Shent 1
Agnes Shent 1
Albert Shent 1

Shent Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shant 80% 131
2 Shent 100% 116
3 Shunt 80% 113

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The surname Shent is the 2nd most popular variant of Shant.

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