Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Avent

    A Norman nickname surname, carried by 2,470 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A153

    Avent: #12,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Avent #12,541, 2,470 people Avent: #12,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Avent #12,541, 2,470 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Avent is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    Perhaps a reduced form of the Anglo-Norman personal name or nickname Avenant, from Old French avenant (“fitting, apt; beautiful”).

    Avent is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,470 people named Avent in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,998 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,223.

    #12,541
    rank among US surnames
    2,470
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.1%
    change since 2000 (was #12,742)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,536Dahlin2,472124,897
    #12,540Volker2,471124,948
    #12,541Fairman2,470124,998
    #12,547Baumgart2,469125,049
    #12,548Koop2,468125,099

    Who is named Avent

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    54% of people named Avent identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 54%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Avents

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Anthony Avent
      American basketball player (born 1969)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Avent

    Avent has the Soundex code A153, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A153.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Avent come from?
    Perhaps a reduced form of the Anglo-Norman personal name or nickname Avenant, from Old French avenant (“fitting, apt; beautiful”).
    How common is the surname Avent?
    2,470 people in the United States had the surname Avent in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,998 Americans. It ranked 12,541st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Avent?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Avent identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Avent?
    Anthony Avent, American basketball player (born 1969).
    Where is the surname Avent most common?
    Wikidata records people named Avent in the United States.
    What type of surname is Avent?
    Avent is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Avent getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,470 in 2010, up 11%.
    What are other spellings of Avent?
    Avant and Avants.