How common is the surname Dechant?

1,702 people in the United States had the surname Dechant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,402 Americans. It ranked 16,781st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dechant?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dechant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dechant getting more or less common?

More common. 1,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,702 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Dechant

A surname, carried by 1,702 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D253

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dechant is more common than 89.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,702 people named Dechant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,402 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,606.

#16,781

rank among US surnames

1,702

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #16,480)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,775	Coatney	1,703	181,295
#16,781	Dechant	1,702	181,402
#16,789	Piggott	1,701	181,508

Who is named Dechant

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Dechant identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dechant

Dechant has the Soundex code D253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D253.

Questions

How common is the surname Dechant?: 1,702 people in the United States had the surname Dechant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,402 Americans. It ranked 16,781st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dechant?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dechant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dechant getting more or less common?: More common. 1,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,702 in 2010, up 6.0%.