Last name: BRENT
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BRENT : This last name is indexed 53,212 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BRENT : English: habitational name from East Brent in Somerset or South Brent in Devon both named from Old English brente ‘steep place’ referring to the steep hills on which they stand. Compare Brents.
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