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Decker Name Meaning
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’.Dutch: variant of Dekker,
cognate with 1.English: variant of Dicker.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Decker
Name Distribution of Decker Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Decker families
 932 - 1,861  311 - 931 |
 1 - 310  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Decker families
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49 - 96 17 - 48 |
1 - 16 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Decker families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Decker Family Origin
Decker Immigration Information
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Decker Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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