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lent Name Meaning and History

  1. Dutch (van Lent): habitational name from Lent in Elst, Gelderland, meaning a place where lime trees grew; or from a lost place, Leent.
  2. Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Lenth.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The lent name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the lent family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of lent Families in the US in 1920
Number of lent families
 218-434
 73-217		 1-72
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 153 - Messages: 473
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HERCULES ARCHELAUS LENT PEGGY ANNE LENT 0
Looking for a Bessie Lent in NY Janet Tolbert 5
Lent Genealogy jpvanlent 1
Mary Lent in Nelson, Kentucky denisehanson100 1
Jacob LENT Darlene Yarrington 2
Charity Lent Billie Smith 1
van Lent[ Lent ] Genealogy van Lent ,Roy 2
WILLIAM LENT of Va. Nelson CO,Ky. Rose Harnden 54
my LENT started with Rycken my_roots1 12
HERCULES LENT PEGGY ANNE LENT 0
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