de Decker Surname

78,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Decker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Decker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium5,3901:2,133158
France4231:157,02824,370
Netherlands731:231,33130,466
South Africa671:808,62254,680
Canada641:575,71247,839
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Spain171:2,750,12061,567
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Ecuador101:1,590,58518,674
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
England61:9,286,343223,652
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

de Decker Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Decker Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Decker is most common in Belgium. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Decker? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Decker is the 78,741st most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,174,842 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of de Decker live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Belgium, where it is held by 5,390 people, or 1 in 2,133. In Belgium de Decker is most common in: Flemish Region, where 81 percent live, Walloon Region, where 10 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Belgium de Decker exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in France, where 7 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.

de Decker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Decker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the de Decker last name increased 825 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Decker Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Decker earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 121.34% more than the national average, earning R 525,996 per year; in United States they earn 13.43% less than the national average, earning $37,354 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.2% less than the national average, earning $48,094 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Deckere95266/
de Deckker95166/
de Deker944/
de Dycker89356/
de Dekker8984/
de Dacker896/
De-Decker892/
de Dijcker84121/
da Deker8213/
De-Dycker782/
de Dijker781/
da Dikir591/
da Dokir591/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Decker
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