Dec is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dec
No. of characters: 3
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dec

How popular is Dec?

Dec is common in United States.

Dec is ranked 36168 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Dec bearers increased by 2.513089 per cent in 2010 US census to 979 since 2000, the surname slipped by 766 spots and ranked at 25295. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.12 95.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.23 0.73
Others 1.12 2.09
Hispanic or Latino 1.02 0.73
Black 0.51 0
Dec is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Poland which signifies that it is originated from Poland. Around 13684 people have been found who wears Dec as their family name. Dec is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
78,633 Czech Republic9
28,661 Serbia8
7,031 China6
46,707 New Zealand5
7,594 Pakistan5
67,494 South Africa3
32,695 Nigeria3
20,541 Peru3
2,935 Angola3
6,270 Hong Kong3
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
26,532 Chile2
21,929 Algeria2
9,272 Ecuador2
12,161 Wales2
20,186 Kenya2
6,900 Oman2
6,266 Luxembourg2
24,771 Colombia1
5,916 Mozambique1
7,314 Bolivia1
20,172 Hungary1
717 Bhutan1
1,879 Belize1
2,190 Barbados1
47,891 Norway1
49,101 Denmark1
2,078 Lesotho1
15,162 Costa Rica1
5,589 Sudan1
3,275 Nepal1
13,447 Uganda1
5,467 Haiti1
19,533 Uruguay1
42,479 Greece1
16,073 Latvia1
6,149 Ethiopia1
3,993 El Salvador1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,461 Netherlands40
11,444 Portugal28
64,073 Australia28
14,963 Scotland26
63,662 Spain26
42,407 Sweden22
15,050 Singapore18
5,663 Thailand18
369,956 Indonesia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
34,872 Canada94
19,740 Romania84
4,790 Ireland71
201,534 India70
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Dec:
15,436 Brazil859
25,252 Philippines516
19,326 France502
21,011 Argentina254
24,100 England204
50,182 Germany202
13,523 Belgium134
13,194 Malaysia126
59,335 Italy112
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Dec:
456 Poland8,640
23,088 United States1,352
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Dec Namesakes

  • Abel Decaux, Composer
  • Adea DeCarlo, Set decorator
  • Adela Decastelo, Film actress
  • Jérémie-Louis Décarie, Lawyer
  • Aiden Deckers, Jordy Deckers' son
  • Jordy Deckers, Soccer player
  • Joseph Decaisne, Botanist
  • Alain Decaux, Historian
  • Cecina Decio Albino, Politician
  • Alexa Dectis, Television actress

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