How common is the surname Brent?

7,820 people in the United States had the surname Brent in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,482 Americans. It ranked 4,535th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brent?

Evelyn Brent, American actress (1899/1901–1975), followed by Eve Brent.

Where is the surname Brent most common?

Wikidata records people named Brent in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Brent?

Brent is /bɹɛnt/, one syllable.

Is the surname Brent getting more or less common?

More common. 7,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,820 in 2010, up 5.2%.

Is Brent also a first name?

Yes. Brent is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Brent

An English place surname, carried by 7,820 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɹɛnt/ 1 syllable Soundex B653 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brent is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

English surname from placenames in Devon and Somerset, from Old English brant (“steep”), referring to hills. Compare Brents.

Brent is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,820 people named Brent in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,482 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,436.

#4,535

rank among US surnames

7,820

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,408)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,526	Ascencio	7,832	39,421
#4,528	Johnsen	7,831	39,426
#4,530	Loredo	7,830	39,431
#4,531	Krug	7,827	39,446
#4,532	Samuelson	7,824	39,461
#4,533	Donato	7,823	39,466
#4,534	Villalpando	7,821	39,476

Who is named Brent

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

59% of people named Brent identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Black (not Hispanic) 34%
Two or more races 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brents

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Evelyn Brent
American actress (1899/1901–1975)
Eve Brent
Actress (1929–2011)
Laura Brent
Australian actress, born 1988
Richard P. Brent
Australian academic, born 1946
Richard Brent
American politician (1757-1814)
Eden Brent
American musician, born 1965
Charles Brent
American Episcopal bishop and Army chaplain, 1862–1929

Notable Brents come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Brent

Brent has the Soundex code B653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B653.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brent come from?: English surname from placenames in Devon and Somerset, from Old English brant (“steep”), referring to hills. Compare Brents.
How common is the surname Brent?: 7,820 people in the United States had the surname Brent in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,482 Americans. It ranked 4,535th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brent?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Brent identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brent?: Evelyn Brent, American actress (1899/1901–1975), followed by Eve Brent.
Where is the surname Brent most common?: Wikidata records people named Brent in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Brent?: Brent is /bɹɛnt/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Brent?: Brent is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Brent getting more or less common?: More common. 7,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,820 in 2010, up 5.2%.
Is Brent also a first name?: Yes. Brent is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.