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    The surname Brents

    A surname, carried by 1,055 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /bɹɛnts/ 1 syllable Soundex B653

    Brents: #23,920 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Brents #23,920, 1,055 people Brents: #23,920 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Brents #23,920, 1,055 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brents is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,055 people named Brents in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,650 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,034.

    #23,920
    rank among US surnames
    1,055
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #23,072)

    Who is named Brents

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

    75% of people named Brents identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brents

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brents?
    1,055 people in the United States had the surname Brents in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,650 Americans. It ranked 23,920th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brents?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Brents identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Brents?
    Brents is /bɹɛnts/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Brents getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,055 in 2010, up 2.0%.