Last Name DECKER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning From the German 'Decher,' the quantity of ten; probably a name given to the tenth child. It may be one who decks or covers ships or vessels.
Origin Jewish, Spanish, Dutch, German, Polish, Slovakian, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 555 (2000 US census) 637 (1990 US census)
Count 54,450 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.37%, or 51929 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.82%, or 446 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.41%, or 223 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.6%, or 327 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.15%, or 626 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.65%, or 898 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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Longest last names

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Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte


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