Explore the Family Name Neudecker

The meaning of Neudecker

German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Neudeck, in Saxony, Thuringia, Silesia, Bavaria, former East Prussia, and Württemberg. Some characteristic forenames: German Bernd, Bernhard, Hans.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Neudecker saw a slight dip in the U.S. between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 54,522 most popular, but by 2010, it had slipped to 55,255, a change of -1.34%. However, the actual count of individuals bearing this surname increased from 354 in 2000 to 372 in 2010, a rise of approximately 5.08%. The proportion of people with the Neudecker name per 100,000 remained steady at 0.13 over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#54,522	#55,255	-1.34%
Count	354	372	5.08%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.13	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Neudecker

Moving onto ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the Neudecker surname is predominantly associated with White ethnic identity. In 2000, 95.20% of Neudeckers identified as White, which slightly dipped to 94.35% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander also decreased from 1.41% to 1.34% within the same time frame. Interestingly, the census recorded a new category of Neudeckers who identified with two or more races in 2010, while none was reported in 2000. The Hispanic representation among Neudeckers showed a significant drop of -23.76%, going down from 2.82% in 2000 to just 2.15% in 2010. There were no changes in Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native self-identification data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.2%	94.35%	-0.89%
Hispanic	2.82%	2.15%	-23.76%
Two or More Races	0%	1.61%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.41%	1.34%	-4.96%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%