The Florent surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 317 people carried this name — #63,068 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 20% from 265 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,441 people named Florent.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 78 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 75 people named Florent live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Florent,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexandre Florent 1849–1922 · politician
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Lucien Florent 1887– · official
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Alfred Joseph Florent 1889–1948 · botanical collector
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Hervé Florent 1934–2021 · lawyer
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Aniouta Florent 1950– · actor
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Patrick Florent 1959– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Florent.
- Florance 463 · U.S. census
- Florczak 399 · U.S. census
- Flore 415 · U.S. census
- Floreani 112 · U.S. census
- Florek 1,532 · U.S. census
- Florence 9,177 · U.S. census
- Florentin 211 · U.S. census
- Florentino 1,393 · U.S. census
- Flores 433,969 · U.S. census
- Flori 444 · U.S. census
- Florian 3,731 · U.S. census
- Florin 716 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Florent is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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