Last name Lens (Lens 
, Lente , 伦斯 
) , throughout the world, is quite a common cognomen. The surname Lens is habitual in Suriname, where it is quite a common surname, Belgium, and Netherlands, where it is quite a rare surname. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Western Europe, particularly Belgium, Netherlands, and France. Very seldom, Lens is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Lente, Lens | Belgium, Netherlands, France, Indonesia, United States |
| 伦斯 | China |
| Ленс | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine |
| judith de lens countess c. 1054–after 1086 (b. 1054) |
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| béatrice de lens saint, FR (b. 1101) |
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| jean de lens (b. 1541) |
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jean de lens FR (b. 1616) |
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bernard lens English artist known for portrait miniatures (1682-1740), GB (b. 1682) |
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| bernard ii lens English mezzotint engraver and publisher, GB (b. 1659) |
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| edward lens English draftsman, GB (b. 1685) |
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andré corneille lens Flemish painter (1739-1822), BE (b. 1739) |
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| andrew benjamin lens English draftsman, ca. 1713-after 1779, GB (b. 1713) |
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| cornelis lens Belgian painter (1713-1770), BE (b. 1713) |
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| peter paul lens British painter (b. 1714) |
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philippe de lens Belgian politician (b. 1765) |
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| johannes jacobus lens Dutch painter (1746-1814), BE (b. 1746) |
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| robert de lens de meulebeke (b. 1738) |
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| john lens English serjeant-at-law (b. 1756) |
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