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    The surname Deckard

    A surname, carried by 6,022 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D263

    Deckard: #5,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Deckard #5,752, 6,022 people Deckard: #5,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Deckard #5,752, 6,022 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deckard is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,022 people named Deckard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,270 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,438.

    #5,752
    rank among US surnames
    6,022
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,822)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,743Lampkin6,03451,168
    #5,746Maes6,03351,176
    #5,747Ehrlich6,03151,193
    #5,748Bott6,02951,210
    #5,749Schaub6,02751,227
    #5,750Alva6,02651,236
    #5,751Almaguer6,02351,261

    Who is named Deckard

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

    83% of people named Deckard identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Deckard

    Deckard has the Soundex code D263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D263.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Deckard?
    6,022 people in the United States had the surname Deckard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,270 Americans. It ranked 5,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Deckard?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Deckard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Deckard getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,438 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,022 in 2010, up 11%.