as a Last Name
- 61,889
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Decker
Meaning & Origins
German: occupational name for a roofer (thatcher, tiler, slater, or shingler) or a carpenter or builder, from an agent derivative of Middle High German decke ‘covering’, a word which was normally used to refer to roofs, but sometimes also to other sorts of covering; modern German Decke still has the twin senses ‘ceiling’ and ‘blanket’.
| 528th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 61,889
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Decker per capita
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