Dekker Surname
Approximately 41,753 people bear this surname
Dekker Surname Definition:
“Thatcher” in Old Dutch.
Dekker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 31,369 | 1:538 | 18 |
| United States | 3,252 | 1:111,457 | 12,111 |
| South Africa | 1,808 | 1:29,966 | 3,856 |
| Canada | 1,420 | 1:25,948 | 3,484 |
| Australia | 741 | 1:36,431 | 4,787 |
| Germany | 595 | 1:135,303 | 16,470 |
| Russia | 389 | 1:370,496 | 36,324 |
| France | 349 | 1:190,323 | 29,635 |
| England | 263 | 1:211,856 | 18,170 |
| Belgium | 245 | 1:46,925 | 7,632 |
| New Zealand | 198 | 1:22,870 | 4,013 |
| Spain | 137 | 1:341,256 | 19,726 |
| Argentina | 134 | 1:318,981 | 25,304 |
| Thailand | 124 | 1:569,664 | 97,190 |
| Switzerland | 67 | 1:122,581 | 12,361 |
| Brazil | 53 | 1:4,039,138 | 109,837 |
| Sweden | 51 | 1:193,074 | 13,358 |
| Denmark | 41 | 1:137,676 | 12,271 |
| Suriname | 38 | 1:14,543 | 3,502 |
| Jamaica | 29 | 1:98,964 | 4,125 |
| Guernsey | 29 | 1:2,222 | 539 |
| Kazakhstan | 29 | 1:609,741 | 42,435 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Scotland | 23 | 1:232,775 | 11,829 |
| Aruba | 23 | 1:4,499 | 638 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Belarus | 21 | 1:452,431 | 44,053 |
| Hungary | 21 | 1:467,442 | 30,347 |
| Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
| Curaçao | 19 | 1:8,276 | 277 |
| Tajikistan | 19 | 1:441,405 | 3,172 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Honduras | 11 | 1:801,495 | 4,197 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 121 | 1:415,030 | 30,604 |
Dekker (454) may also be a first name.
Dekker Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Thatcher” in Old Dutch.
(German, Dutch) One who covers roofs with tile, straw or slate; one who came from Deck or Decker, the names of places in Germany.
Dekker Demographics
Average Male Dekker Height
179.97 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Dekker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekker Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dekker (Russian: Деккер) is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekker? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 13,387th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 174,539 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Dekker live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe. Dekker is also the 401,195th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 454 people.
Dekker is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 31,369 people, or 1 in 538. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Holland, where 31 percent live, South Holland, where 20 percent live and Gelderland, where 10 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands Dekker exists in 92 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.
Dekker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dekker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dekker last name rose 2,688 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 3,288 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dekker Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (86%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Dekker surname are 26.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 73.33% being registered with the political party.
The amount Dekker earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.49% less than the national average, earning 282,095 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 98.42% more than the national average, earning R 471,516 per year; in United States they earn 15.42% more than the national average, earning $49,804 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.43% more than the national average, earning $52,876 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dekker Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dekker in the Russian language | ||
| Деккер | dekker | - |
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