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    The surname Dekle

    A surname, carried by 1,033 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D240

    Dekle: #24,288 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dekle #24,288, 1,033 people Dekle: #24,288 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Dekle #24,288, 1,033 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dekle is more common than 85% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,033 people named Dekle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 942.

    #24,288
    rank among US surnames
    1,033
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #24,807)

    Who is named Dekle

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

    70% of people named Dekle identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dekle

    Dekle has the Soundex code D240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dekle?
    1,033 people in the United States had the surname Dekle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. It ranked 24,288th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dekle?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Dekle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dekle getting more or less common?
    More common. 942 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,033 in 2010, up 9.7%.