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

Gerks is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 1,310,135^th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Gerks are found; 83 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Gerks is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 570,961. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 82 percent reside, Berlin, where 7 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

Gerks Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Gerks has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 467 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gerks Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Gerks surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

Gerks earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.1% more than the national average, earning $55,275 USD per year.