The Deckard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,022 people carried this name — #5,752 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 5,438 in 2000.

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In print

Deckard in American newspapers,
1908.

Newspaper page from St. Tammany Farmer carrying the name Deckard
St. Tammany Farmer 1908-11-21
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Deckard
Daily Kennebec Journal 1908-11-16
Newspaper page from The Harlem News carrying the name Deckard
The Harlem News 1908-11-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,674 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Deckard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • H. Joel Deckard
    H. Joel Deckard 1942–2016 · politician
  • Monique Jenee Deckard d. 2015
  • Donald Jerry Deckard 1935–2022 · mathematician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Deckard,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States193 records

193 records of the Deckard name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 138
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Orege Deckard

    Born 1912 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Tyler; porter from Rusk County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Matthews Cemetery, Palestine, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jackie Eugene Deckard

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1984; buried at Springfield National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Isabel G. Deckard

    Born 1913 in Canada. Registered as a foreign national in Los Angeles, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 193 records for Deckard in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Deckard name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Hermann Deckard

    From Gotha. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 30 July 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list August Deckard

    From Gotha. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 15 June 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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