Decima
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 17 countries · latest register: INSEE, 1991
/dɛsima/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
Decima is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country.
- ARArgentina1 in 4.7K(measured from records)
- UYUruguay1 in 53K
- ESSpain1 in 1.1M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Argentina (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 89 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.7K (inferred from the name graph)
9,619 people
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Argentina
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.
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Decima 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #559 | 9,619 | 1 in 4.7K | 9.6K | Decima | 56 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 374K | listed | Decima | 15 |
| FR France | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 591K | 14 | Decima | 1 |
| US United States | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 3.2M | 98 | Decima | 89 |
| BR Brazil | — | ≈68 est. | ≈1 in 3.1M | 29 | Decima | 13 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 64 | 1 in 53K | 64 | Decima | 8 |
| BO Bolivia | — | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 884K | — | Decima | 4 |
9,619 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); the xinhua-italian-manual register; 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)Decima is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the measurer of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Lachesis.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, A feminine praenomen.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, tithe
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Interlingua, dime
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, DECIMÁ2, decimez, vb. I. Tranz. 1. (În Roma antică și evul mediu) A pedepsi o unitate militară, executând pe fiecare al zecelea soldat. 2. (Despre războaie, epidemii etc.) A omorî oameni în număr mare.
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
In Romanian, DÉCIMA1 s. f. (În evul mediu, în Transilvania) Dijmă plătită Bisericii catolice de către țăranii liberi, iobagi, târgoveți și micii nobili.
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
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)- Decima Cecilia Shubrick Heywardb. 1796(1796-1867)
- Decima Mooreb. 1871GBsinger and actress (1871-1964)
- Decima L. Douieb. 1901British historian
- Eileen Decima Dicksonb. 1906NZNew Zealand pianist, accompanist and teacher (1906–1995)
- Decima Normanb. 1909AUAustralian sprinter and long jumper (1909-1983)
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)24 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 9.6K | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 64 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 24 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 1 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Decima?
- In Spanish /dɛsima/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- In which country does Decima have the most bearers?
- In Argentina, the national register counted about 9.6 thousand people named Decima, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled decima.
- Where is Decima most common?
- Decima is densest in Argentina, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.7 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Decima?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 9,619 people named Decima, about 1 in 4.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Decima compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Decima is the 559th most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Decima?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/decimaThe 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, “Decima” — the 559th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.