Last Name BENT

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: At the Bend or Bent, from residence thereby. Probably the bend in a river, or valley, or hillside. Local: A plain, a moor, covered with the bent-grass.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Romanian, Belgian, Moroccan

Rank	7,292 (2000 US census)	8,004 (1990 US census)

Count	4,215 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

66.26%, or 2793 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
24.7%, or 1041 total occurrences, as black,
0.52%, or 22 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.52%, or 22 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.94%, or 124 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
5.05%, or 213 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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