Find out how popular the last name DePagter is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named DePagter.

DePagter, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the DePagter surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of DePagter in America

DePagter is the 123796th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The DePagter surname appeared 139 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname DePagter.

We can also compare 2010 data for DePagter to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name DePagter

The surname DEPAGTER is of Dutch origin, emerging in the Netherlands during the early 16th century. It is a locational surname derived from the Dutch words "de" meaning "the" and "pagter" referring to a farmer or tenant. Thus, the name likely originated from an area associated with farming or tenant farmers.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the 1587 Rotterdam census, which lists a Joannes DEPAGTER residing in the city. Another early mention is in the 1612 baptismal records of the Dutch Reformed Church in Leiden, where a child named Pieter DEPAGTER was baptized.

In the 17th century, the DEPAGTER name appeared in various Dutch records, including the 1642 marriage record of Adriaen DEPAGTER and Magdalena van Essen in Amsterdam. A notable figure from this era was Hendrick DEPAGTER (1615-1685), a prominent merchant and alderman in the city of Delft.

As the Dutch established colonies in the Americas and other parts of the world, the DEPAGTER surname began to spread beyond the Netherlands. In 1654, Adriaen DEPAGTER, a farmer from Zeeland, was among the early settlers of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, which later became New York.

Another significant figure was Pieter DEPAGTER (1732-1803), a Dutch naval officer who served in the East Indies and later became a renowned navigator and cartographer. His detailed charts and maps of the Indonesian archipelago were widely used by Dutch and other European ships.

During the 19th century, the DEPAGTER surname gained recognition in the field of education. Willem DEPAGTER (1841-1916) was a respected teacher and headmaster in Utrecht, known for his innovative teaching methods and advocacy for educational reforms.

In more recent times, notable individuals with the DEPAGTER surname include Jan DEPAGTER (1914-1998), a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II, and Kees DEPAGTER (born 1947), a celebrated Dutch painter and sculptor known for his abstract and surrealist works.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name DePagter

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname DePagter.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for DePagter was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of DePagter has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name DePagter was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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