# Dekker (surname)

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

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,246 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,506 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 137,465 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (2,163 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dekker 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) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dekker in the United States and Kingdom of the Netherlands.

## People named Dekker

- Thomas Dekker, American actor
- Albert Dekker, American actor and politician (1905–1968)
- Sam Dekker, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Fred Dekker, American film director and writer
- Ted Dekker, American writer
- Tristan Dekker, association football player
- Matt den Dekker, American baseball player (born 1987)

## Similar surnames

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

## 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.