The surname Trent
A place surname, carried by 19,630 people in the United States.
Pronounced /tɹɛnt/ 1 syllable Soundex T653 Also a first name
Origin
Inherited from Middle English Trent, from Old English Trēonte; Koch (2006) derives the river name from Proto-Celtic *tri-sent(o)-on-ā-, from the elements *trei (“through”) + *sentus (“path”). Traditionally said to be from Proto-Brythonic elements equivalent to tros (“over”) + hynt (“way”), often taken to mean "the trespasser" The surname in some cases is a shortening of "Tranent", or "Tranant" in Scottish Gaelic, a geographical location in East Lothian. "Tranant" itself is possibly of Brythonic (Celtic) origin.
Trent is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 19,630 people named Trent in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,728 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,679.
Who is named Trent
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
80% of people named Trent identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 80%
- Black (not Hispanic) 15%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Famous Trents
4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Nathan TrentAustrian singer, born 1992
- Gary Trent Jr.American basketball player (born 1999)
- Alphonse TrentAmerican musician (1905–1959)
- Gary TrentAmerican basketball player (born 1974)
Notable Trents come mostly from the United States (3) and Austria (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Trent
Trent has the Soundex code T653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T653.
Questions
- Where does the surname Trent come from?
- Inherited from Middle English Trent, from Old English Trēonte; Koch (2006) derives the river name from Proto-Celtic *tri-sent(o)-on-ā-, from the elements *trei (“through”) + *sentus (“path”). Traditionally said to be from Proto-Brythonic elements equivalent to tros (“over”) + hynt (“way”), often…
- How common is the surname Trent?
- 19,630 people in the United States had the surname Trent in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,728 Americans. It ranked 1,824th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Trent?
- In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Trent identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Trent?
- Nathan Trent, Austrian singer, followed by Gary Trent Jr..
- Where is the surname Trent most common?
- Wikidata records people named Trent in the United States and Austria.
- How do you pronounce Trent?
- Trent is /tɹɛnt/, one syllable.
- What type of surname is Trent?
- Trent is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Trent getting more or less common?
- More common. 18,679 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,630 in 2010, up 5.1%.
- Is Trent also a first name?
- Yes. Trent 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.