How common is the surname Decker?

56,576 people in the United States had the surname Decker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,457 Americans. It ranked 597th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Decker?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Decker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Decker?

Brooklyn Decker, American model and actress, followed by Mary Decker.

Where is the surname Decker most common?

Wikidata records people named Decker in the United States, Belgium and Germany and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Decker?

Decker is /ˈdɛkɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Decker getting more or less common?

More common. 54,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 56,576 in 2010, up 3.9%.

Is Decker also a first name?

Yes. Decker is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Decker

A German surname, carried by 56,576 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɛkɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex D260 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Decker is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 56,576 people named Decker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,457 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 54,450.

#597

rank among US surnames

56,576

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #555)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#588	Underwood	57,064	5,411
#589	Bass	57,044	5,412
#590	Greer	57,043	5,413
#591	Summers	56,953	5,421
#592	Houston	56,900	5,426
#593	Carson	56,872	5,429
#594	Morrow	56,840	5,432

Who is named Decker

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

94% of people named Decker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Deckers

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brooklyn Decker
American model and actress, born 1987
Mary Decker
American athletics competitor, middle distance runner, long distance runner, born 1958
Pierre De Decker
Belgian politician (1812-1891)
Karl Decker
Austrian footballer (1921-2005)
Brianna Decker
American women's ice hockey player, born 1991
Josephine Decker
American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker, born 1981
Taylor Decker
American football player, born 1993
Georg Decker
Austrian painter (1818–1894)
George Decker
22nd Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 1902–1980
Eric Decker
American football wide receiver, born 1987
J-Dog
American rapper, born 1984

Notable Deckers come mostly from the United States (8), Belgium (1) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Decker

Decker has the Soundex code D260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D260.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Decker come from?: Decker is German in origin.
How common is the surname Decker?: 56,576 people in the United States had the surname Decker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,457 Americans. It ranked 597th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Decker?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Decker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Decker?: Brooklyn Decker, American model and actress, followed by Mary Decker.
Where is the surname Decker most common?: Wikidata records people named Decker in the United States, Belgium and Germany and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Decker?: Decker is /ˈdɛkɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Decker getting more or less common?: More common. 54,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 56,576 in 2010, up 3.9%.
Is Decker also a first name?: Yes. Decker is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.