The Gent surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,025 people carried this name — #13,724 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 133,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Gent.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Gard.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gent.
- Genovesi 362 · U.S. census
- Genre 158 · U.S. census
- Gens 528 · U.S. census
- Gensel 573 · U.S. census
- Genser 274 · U.S. census
- Genson 628 · U.S. census
- Genta 242 · U.S. census
- Genter 755 · U.S. census
- Gentes 377 · U.S. census
- Gentil 359 · U.S. census
- Gentile 14,938 · U.S. census
- Gentili 306 · U.S. census
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