# Decker (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/decker/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 56,576 |
| US rank (2010) | 597 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,457 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (54,450 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɛkɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Decker in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Decker in the United States, Belgium, Germany and Austria–Hungary.

## People named Decker

- Brooklyn Decker, American model and actress
- Mary Decker, American athletics competitor, middle distance runner, long distance runner
- Pierre De Decker, Belgian politician (1812-1891)
- Karl Decker, Austrian footballer (1921-2005)
- Brianna Decker, American women's ice hockey player
- Josephine Decker, American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker
- Taylor Decker, American football player
- Georg Decker, Austrian painter (1818–1894)
- George Decker, 22nd Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- Eric Decker, American football wide receiver
- J-Dog, American rapper

## Similar surnames

Dockery, Dekker, Decaro, Ducker, Decuir, Dicker, Dozier, Dugger, Desir, Dasher, DeGraw, Disher.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.