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deck Name Meaning and History

  1. South German: occupational name for a roofer, from Middle High German decke ‘covering’. Compare the later form Decker.
  2. Dutch and North German: from the personal name Deck, a local pet form of Dutch Diederik (see Dederick) or German Dietrich.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The deck name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the deck family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of deck Families in the US in 1920
Number of deck families
 73-144
 25-72		 1-24
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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