Dech
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈdɛk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dech is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 98K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 970K
- LYLibya≈1 in 112K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 139 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 98K (inferred from the name graph)
≈810 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dech counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈810 est. | ≈1 in 98K | — | Dech | 61 |
| US United States | 343 | 1 in 970K | 429 | Dech | 139 |
| FR France | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 596K | 7 | — | 1 |
| EG Egypt | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 946K | — | Dech | 6 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈83 est. | ≈1 in 791K | — | Dech | 6 |
| LY Libya | ≈61 est. | ≈1 in 112K | — | Dech | 1 |
| IL Israel | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 321K | — | Dech | 1 |
| AT Austria | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 461K | — | Dech | 6 |
| SG Singapore | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 436K | — | Dech | 8 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Dech is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Luxembourgish, second-person singular, accusative: you
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Czech, breath (act or process of breathing)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In sga, comparative degree of maith: best
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Polish, breath
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gil Dechb. 1897NZEnglish-born New Zealand pianist, recording director and conductor (1897–1974)
- Uwe Christian Dechb. 1959DEGerman psychotherapist, author and composer
- Stefan Dechb. 1960DEGerman university teacher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 429 | #46,678 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 416 | #53,634 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 343 | #59,017 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 19 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 4 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Dech?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdɛk/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Dech have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 814 people named Dech in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dech.
- How common is the name Dech?
- In the United States, the national register counted 343 people named Dech in 2010, about 1 in 970 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Dech?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dechThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dech”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.