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

The last name Gercken is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This last name is the 497,847^th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 11,008,378 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 53 percent of Gercken live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Gercken is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 236,781. In Germany Gercken is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 27 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 22 percent live and Berlin, where 16 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Gercken Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Gercken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gercken last name increased 3,029 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gercken Last Name Statistics ^demography

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