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

The Decoster surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,039 people carried this name — #22,983 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 2,477 people named Decoster 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 Flemish Brabant.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Flemish Brabant 992
West Flanders 658
East Flanders 184
Hainaut 174
Antwerp 169
Walloon Brabant 126
Brussels-Capital 97
Limburg 37

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 742 people named Decoster.

36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Nord.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 36
Nord 503
Pas-de-Calais 66
Paris 33
Somme 17
Yvelines 13
Haute-Marne 6
Hauts-de-Seine 6
Oise 5

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

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