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Where Does The Last Name Gercken Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Gercken has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gercken? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Gercken is the 497,847^th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,008,378 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Gercken reside; 51 percent reside in Western Europe and 51 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 340 people, or 1 in 236,781. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 27 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 22 percent reside and Berlin, where 16 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 32 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.

Gercken Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Gercken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gercken surname grew 3,029 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gercken Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Gercken surname are 18.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.38% registered with the political party.

The amount Gercken earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 15.67% less than the national average, earning $36,387 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.49% more than the national average, earning $51,912 CAD per year.