Heraldry and the Deck Surname

Deck ranked 6,054 in the 2010 US Census, with 5,668 people answering to the name. That is enough to place it in the top 10,000 American surnames. French birth records list 1,215 children named Deck between 1891 and 2000. Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Deck, so we research it family by family rather than guess. Spelling in old records was loose, so search for Deck under several forms.

Deck appears in national name statistics on both sides of the Atlantic.

Heraldry follows families, not surnames. A Deck coat of arms, where one exists, belonged to a specific line. Research your Deck family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.