Ventress

English

Etymology

Variant of Venters.

Proper noun

Ventress (countable and uncountable, plural Ventresses)

1. A surname.
   • 2021 December 1, “Network News: Association holds its final service at York”, in RAIL, number 945, page 10, photo caption:

     Ex-BR employee Dave Ventress has played the Last Post at the last 56 services at York.

2. A census-designated place in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ventress is the 44109^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 488 individuals. Ventress is most common among White (52.05%) and Black/African American (39.75%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ventress”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.