The Dechene surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 267 people carried this name — #72,771 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 5% from 280 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 178 people named Dechene.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Indre-et-Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 41 people named Dechene live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Dechene,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alphonse-Arthur Miville Déchêne 1848–1902 · politician -
Joseph Miville Dechene 1879–1962 · politician -
Lucien Dechene 1925– · ice hockey player
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Josette Déchène 1951– · clown
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dechene.
- 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
- Dechant 1,702 · 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
- Declercq 618 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Dechene 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.