The Dekker surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,163 people carried this name — #12,995 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 112 people named Dekker 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.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Dekker.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Dekker live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Dekker in American newspapers,
1900–1946.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,489 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dekker,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Dekker 1572–1632 · writer -
Klaas Dekker 1875–1946 · politician -
Ernest Douwes Dekker 1879–1950 · writer -
Albert Gerbens Koops Dekker 1895–1966 · engineer -
Maurits Dekker 1896–1962 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 224 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dekker.
- Dejean 1,725 · U.S. census
- Dejoie 263 · U.S. census
- Dejonghe 206 · U.S. census
- Deken 187 · U.S. census
- Dekeyser 782 · U.S. census
- Dekeyzer 130 · U.S. census
- Dekoker 135 · U.S. census
- Dekoninck 112 · U.S. census
- Dekoster 217 · U.S. census
- Del 248 · U.S. census
- Dela 227 · U.S. census
- Delabarre 176 · U.S. census
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