Explore the Family Name Delker

The meaning of Delker

German: probably a variant of Delger. Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Hannelore, Milbert, Wilfried.

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How common is the last name Delker in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Delker saw a significant shift in its popularity from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, Delker was ranked 15,880th in terms of popularity, with a count of 1,682 people sharing the surname. However, by 2010, the surname's rank dropped significantly to 28,362 and the count reduced to 842, marking a decrease of approximately 50%. This shift equates to a reduction in proportion from 0.62 to 0.29 per 100k people, reflecting a decrease in popularity of about 53%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,880	#28,362	-78.6%
Count	1,682	842	-49.94%
Proportion per 100k	0.62	0.29	-53.23%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Delker

The ethnicity associated with the surname Delker also underwent changes between 2000 and 2010, according to Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black with the surname Delker was zero in 2010, down from 0.59% and 0.83% respectively in 2000. While there was a slight increase of about 4% in those identifying as two or more races (from 1.37% to 1.43%), the majority of individuals with the Delker surname identified as White, increasing slightly from 94.95% to 95.25%. Meanwhile, the number of Hispanic individuals decreased by about 8%, and the American Indian and Alaskan Native group saw a rise of nearly 17%, albeit from a small base of 0.71% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.95%	95.25%	0.32%
Two or More Races	1.37%	1.43%	4.38%
Hispanic	1.55%	1.43%	-7.74%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.71%	0.83%	16.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.59%	0%	0%
Black	0.83%	0%	0%