The Dechant surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,702 people carried this name — #16,781 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 172,400 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,606 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 108 people named Dechant live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Dechant.
Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dechant.
- Decamps 128 · U.S. census
- Decan 112 · U.S. census
- Decanter 164 · U.S. census
- Decelle 521 · U.S. census
- Dechaine 413 · U.S. census
- Dechamps 121 · U.S. census
- Dechene 267 · U.S. census
- Deck 5,668 · U.S. census
- Decker 56,576 · U.S. census
- Deckers 136 · U.S. census
- Deckert 2,274 · U.S. census
- Declerck 485 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Dechant is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.