Deck is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Deck
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Deck is the variant of the Dacre. Early genealogists pretend that this name was borrowed during the Crusades from Acre in Palestine, (quasi D'Acre). "The d'Acres took their name from Acres in the Holy Land, where one of their ancestors fought. Author would derive the name from the Cohors Dacorum stationed here,"— viz. at Dacre, county of Cumberland. What ever may have been the origin of the name of the place, there is no doubt that the family derive their surname from it, as we find them in possession temp. Edward I., and from them at a subsequent period sprang the two noble houses of Lord Dacre of Gilsland, called Dacre of the North, and Lord Dacre of Herstmonceus, called Dacre of the South. The latter title came however through a female into the family of Fynes, from whom through other female lines it has descended to the present peer.

A variant of the Dagger. Probably from the implement, like Sword, Brownbill, &c.

How popular is Deck?

Deck is common in United States, Somalia, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, South Africa.

Deck is ranked 28581 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Decks plummeted by 0.72 per cent to 5668 since 2000 and slipped by 473 spots and ranked at 6054. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.6 93.2
Black 3.55 3.57
Hispanic or Latino 2.54 1.3
Others 1.82 0.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.9 0.58
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6 0.51
Deck is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Somalia is ahead in terms of density. Around 18814 people have been found who wears Deck as their family name. Deck is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Deck:
6,286 United States6,941
223 Somalia5,980
4,663 Germany2,281
7,149 France1,227
4,482 Canada1,052
Countries with hundreds of Deck:
10,420 Australia297
4,676 Switzerland262
35,867 South Africa132
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,923 Belgium88
38,317 England84
9,493 New Zealand74
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
114,769 Brazil50
126,894 Nigeria37
70,591 Argentina36
12,866 Chile35
38,188 Papua New Guinea29
54,976 Malaysia23
275,629 Russia20
67,608 Cameroon19
363,835 Thailand14
202,133 Philippines12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
132,137 Poland10
73,605 Sweden10
14,894 Taiwan10
48,153 Egypt9
50,495 Mexico7
863,365 India6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Caroline Deck was 9 years old when she migrated to USA on June 22, 1852. She lived in Wurtemberg and took William Tell from Havre. 17 years old Catharine Deck, Christian Deck, 15 years old Friederike Deck, Heinrich Deck, Lisette Deck, aged 13, 42 years old Louise Deck, Philippe Deck (47), 29 years old Mathias Deck, and 218 other Deck around 56.82% of whom were farmer while others worked as cultivator and merchant, tailor, mechanic, laborer, servant, spinster, shoemaker, baker migrated to US.

Deck Namesakes

  • James George Deck, British-born New Zealand evangelist
  • John N. Deck, Canadian philosopher
  • Théodore Deck, 19th-century French potter
  • Inspectah Deck, American rapper, producer, and actor
  • Brian Deck, American music producer and member of band Red Red Meat
  • Woody Deck, American professional poker player residing

Deck Namesakes

  • James George Deck, British-born New Zealand evangelist
  • John N. Deck, Canadian philosopher
  • Théodore Deck, 19th-century French potter
  • Inspectah Deck, American rapper, producer, and actor
  • Brian Deck, American music producer and member of band Red Red Meat
  • Woody Deck, American professional poker player residing

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