The Lent surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,341 people carried this name — #7,652 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,281 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

33 families named Lent, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 180 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

New York 20
Pennsylvania 10
Vermont 1
Connecticut 1
North Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 250 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Lent in American newspapers,
1897–1905.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Lent
The Anaconda Standard 1897-06-04
Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Lent
The Grenada Sentinel 1904-04-23
Newspaper page from Arizona Republican carrying the name Lent
Arizona Republican 1905-02-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,203 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lent in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

11,888 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lent. The most, 2,060, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 3,685
New South Wales 3,475
Queensland 1,799
South Australia 1,446
Western Australia 721
Tasmania 665
ACT (Canberra) 60
Northern Territory 10

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lent.

Who carried it

People named Lent,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hugo Lent
    Hugo Lent 1827–1915 · counsel
  • Alfred Lent
    Alfred Lent 1836–1915 · architect
  • James Lent 1753–1838 · judge
  • James Lent 1782–1833 · judge
  • Abraham Lent 1789–1873 · politician
  • Eduard Lent 1831–1911 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lent,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,338 records

1,338 records of the Lent name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 716
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 211
  • Other U.S. records 411
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George P. Lent

    Born 1918 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; route man from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Marie Lent

    Arrived at New York in 1864 aboard the Hansa from Bremen and Southampton, aged 23; farmer. From Ninderheim, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Edward Allen Lent

    Born 1931; from Hamden, Connecticut. U.S. Air Force; killed in action 1952 in Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,338 records for Lent in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada318 records

318 records of the Lent name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 302
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 7
  • Other Canadian records 9
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Louis Lent

    Buried in 1971 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 82.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Ellen Lent

    Died 1953 in Overton, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Carl Lent

    Died in service in 1920.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 318 records for Lent in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands144 records

144 records of the Lent name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 65
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 43
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 36
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hendrikus Wilhelmus Lent

    Married in 1858 in Uden; born 1824 in Rotterdam. Died 1877 in Veghel.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Jakoba Lent

    In the population register of Elten Duitschland; domestic servant, born 1905 in Elten Duitschland.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Midden-Holland (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Pieternella Lent

    Died 1838 in Aalten, aged 66.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 144 records for Lent in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia31 records

31 records of the Lent name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 13
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • Other Australian records 11
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record James Lent

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1844. Married 1844 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 44.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Leslie R. L. Lent

    Railway clerk of Gardenvale, Victoria; died 1947.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Louisa Lent

    Arrived in Victoria in 1889 aboard the Orizaba, aged 11.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 31 records for Lent in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany22 records

22 records of the Lent name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 21
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Arno Lent

    From Niederplanitz, Zwickau. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 12 November 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 25).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Johann Joachim Peter Lent

    Emigrated to North America in 1867.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Otto Lent

    From Dreukow, Mecklb. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 24 April 1915 (Grenadier Regiment No. 89).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 22 records for Lent in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

France8 records

8 records of the Lent name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Josephine Clemence Lent

    Born 1910 in Toulon; died 1993 in La Garde (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Julien Lent

    Born 1921 in Ampus (Var); died 1987 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Paul Camille Lent

    Born 1905 in Brienon-sur-Armançon; died 1985 in Auxerre (Yonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Lent in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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