Deckers surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Deckers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 136 people carried this name — #126,018 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 18% from 165 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 3,343 people named Deckers 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 Antwerp.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Antwerp 1,197
Limburg 1,112
Flemish Brabant 281
Liège 246
East Flanders 230
West Flanders 76
Brussels-Capital 68
Hainaut 49

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Deckers.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Paris 12
Nord 7
Ardennes 6
Lot-et-Garonne 3
Seine-Saint-Denis 3
Cher 2
Finistère 1
Bouches-du-Rhône 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Deckers,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Willem Deckers
    Willem Deckers 1826–1899 · singer
  • Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers
    Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers 1883–1978 · politician
  • Eugene Deckers
    Eugene Deckers 1913–1977 · actor
  • Vinzenz Deckers 1801–1864 · architect
  • Peter Deckers 1823–1876 · watercolorist
  • Franz Deckers 1826–1908 · architect

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Deckers 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.

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