How Many People Have the Last Name Kent?
people had the surname Kent in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 6,653 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,728 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Kent (83.9%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 10.4%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Kent ranks #569. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 86.1% to 83.9%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Kent grew from 42,597 people in 2000 to 44,325 in 2010 (up 4.1%), and its rank fell from #733 to #778. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 15.79 to 15.03 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 42,597 | 44,325 |
| Rank | #733 | #778 |
| Per 100,000 people | 15.79 | 15.03 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Kent
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Kent: K530
👤 Kent as a First Name
Kent is a first name too: about 50,184 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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