The surname Gerke
A surname, carried by 2,709 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G620
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,709 people named Gerke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,970 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,416.
#11,592
rank among US surnames
2,709
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+12.1%
change since 2000 (was #11,864)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #11,587 | Marconi | 2,712 | 113,844 |
| #11,588 | Didomenico | 2,711 | 113,886 |
| #11,589 | Tomko | 2,710 | 113,928 |
| #11,592 | Knipp | 2,709 | 113,970 |
| #11,595 | Bump | 2,708 | 114,012 |
Who is named Gerke
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Gerke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Gerke has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.
Questions
- How common is the surname Gerke?
- 2,709 people in the United States had the surname Gerke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,970 Americans. It ranked 11,592nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gerke?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gerke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Gerke getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,416 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,709 in 2010, up 12%.