How common is the surname Dekker?

2,246 people in the United States had the surname Dekker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,465 Americans. It ranked 13,506th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dekker?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dekker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dekker?

Thomas Dekker, American actor, followed by Albert Dekker.

Where is the surname Dekker most common?

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

Is the surname Dekker getting more or less common?

More common. 2,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,246 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Dekker

A surname, carried by 2,246 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dekker is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,246 people named Dekker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,465 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,163.

#13,506

rank among US surnames

2,246

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,995)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,497	Bellino	2,250	137,220
#13,502	Nehring	2,248	137,342
#13,505	Fewell	2,247	137,403
#13,506	Dekker	2,246	137,465
#13,509	Klepper	2,245	137,526

Who is named Dekker

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

94% of people named Dekker identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dekkers

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Dekker
American actor, born 1987
Albert Dekker
American actor and politician (1905–1968)
Sam Dekker
American basketball player (born 1994)
Fred Dekker
American film director and writer, born 1959
Ted Dekker
American writer, born 1962
Tristan Dekker
Association football player, born 1998
Matt den Dekker
American baseball player (born 1987)

Notable Dekkers come mostly from the United States (6) and Kingdom of the Netherlands (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dekker

Decker

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

Questions

How common is the surname Dekker?: 2,246 people in the United States had the surname Dekker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,465 Americans. It ranked 13,506th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dekker?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dekker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dekker?: Thomas Dekker, American actor, followed by Albert Dekker.
Where is the surname Dekker most common?: Wikidata records people named Dekker in the United States and Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Is the surname Dekker getting more or less common?: More common. 2,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,246 in 2010, up 3.8%.