Cognomen Ghent (Gent 
, Ghent 
, Гент 
) , worldwide, is a common surname. The family name Ghent is habitual in Netherlands, where it is quite a common surname, Belgium, where it is quite a rare surname, and New Zealand. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Netherlands. Much less frequently, Ghent is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Gent | Netherlands, United Kingdom, Albania, United States, Kosovo |
| Ghent | Australia, United Kingdom, Belgium, United States, Germany |
| Гент | Russia, Armenia, Ukraine |
| 根特 | China |
| robert of ghent Lord Chancellor; Dean of York (b. 1200) |
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| simon ghent Bishop of Salisbury (b. 1250) |
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| olivier van ghent BE (b. 1470) |
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willem joseph van ghent Dutch admiral, NL (b. 1626) |
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| peter ghent English painter and watercolorist, GB (b. 1856) |
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| w.j. ghent Socialist writer (b. 1866) |
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| frank ghent Irish footballer (1897-1965), IE (b. 1897) |
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| dorothy van ghent literary scholar (1907-1967) (b. 1907) |
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| kenneth smith ghent (b. 1911) |
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| emmanuel ghent Canadian composer and psychiatrist, CA (b. 1925) |
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| valerie ghent musical artist (b. 1964) |
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| ronnie ghent player of American football, US (b. 1980) |
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| gilbert de ghent Peerage person ID=231156 |
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| rebecca r ghent planetary scientist |
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| walter of ghent French noble |
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