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Where Does The Last Name Decker Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Decker (Arabic: دكر) is found most in The United States. It may occur as a variant: Décker. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Decker? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 4,441^st most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,530 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Decker are found; 55 percent are found in North America and 55 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 328,833^rd most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 640 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 75,244 people, or 1 in 4,817. In The United States Decker is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 9 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 99 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 22 percent live and Sierra Leone, where 6 percent live.

Decker Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Decker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Decker surname grew 444 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 213 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 114 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 43 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Decker Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (80%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Decker last name are 19.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.68% registered with the political party.

The amount Decker earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.27% less than the national average, earning 244,791 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 91% more than the national average, earning R 453,900 per year; in United States they earn 1.03% more than the national average, earning $43,594 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.68% less than the national average, earning $48,353 CAD per year.