The Decorte surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 541 people carried this name — #40,432 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 8% from 499 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,084 people named Decorte 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 West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 320 people named Decorte.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Nord.
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 print
Decorte in American newspapers,
1900–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Decorte,
with a public archive behind them.
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Raymond Decorte 1898–1972 · sport cyclist -
Bert Decorte 1915–2009 · poet
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Marc Decorte 1918–1981 · actor
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Luc Decorte 1940–
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Marcel Decorte 1947– · politician
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Jan Decorte 1950– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Decorte.
- Deckert 2,274 · U.S. census
- Declerck 485 · U.S. census
- Declercq 618 · U.S. census
- Decock 423 · U.S. census
- Decocq 109 · U.S. census
- Deconinck 195 · U.S. census
- Decory 175 · U.S. census
- Decosse 185 · U.S. census
- Decoster 1,084 · U.S. census
- Decot 174 · U.S. census
- Decou 480 · U.S. census
- Decoux 382 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Decorte is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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