How common is the surname Gerken?

4,240 people in the United States had the surname Gerken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,817 Americans. It ranked 7,807th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gerken?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gerken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gerken?

Paul Gerken, American tennis player.

Where is the surname Gerken most common?

Wikidata records people named Gerken in the United States.

Is the surname Gerken getting more or less common?

More common. 3,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,240 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Gerken

A German surname, carried by 4,240 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gerken is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Gerken.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,240 people named Gerken in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,817 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,479.

#7,807

rank among US surnames

4,240

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+21.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,696)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,799	Doggett	4,245	72,732
#7,801	Perera	4,242	72,783
#7,803	Mullaney	4,241	72,800
#7,807	Thies	4,240	72,817
#7,810	Shope	4,239	72,835
#7,812	Whitacre	4,238	72,852
#7,815	Danko	4,237	72,869

Who is named Gerken

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Gerken identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gerkens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Gerken
American tennis player, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Gerkin

Surnames that sound like Gerken

Gerson

Gerken has the Soundex code G625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G625.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gerken come from?: Borrowed from German Gerken.
How common is the surname Gerken?: 4,240 people in the United States had the surname Gerken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,817 Americans. It ranked 7,807th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gerken?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gerken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gerken?: Paul Gerken, American tennis player.
Where is the surname Gerken most common?: Wikidata records people named Gerken in the United States.
Is the surname Gerken getting more or less common?: More common. 3,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,240 in 2010, up 22%.
What are other spellings of Gerken?: Gerkin.