# Bent (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bent/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,785 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,001 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 64,524 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (4,215 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bent in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 60% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bent in the United States.

## People named Bent

- Johnny Bent, American ice hockey player (1908-2004)
- Arthur Cleveland Bent, American ornithologist and natural history writer (1866-1954)
- Charles Bent, American politician (1799-1847)

## Similar surnames

Bennett, Benoit, Bennet, Benda, Bento, Benito, Bennette, Bunt, Benet, Bond, Banda, Bundy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.