Surname Gerkeš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gerkeš families are Croats (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Gerkeš live in Croatia today, in three households only.
They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Knezevo in Beli Manastir area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gerkeš (including: Gerkes , Gerches ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. "Gerches " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Verica Gerkeš, Stevo Gerkeš, Marija Gerkeš, Ivan Gerkeš, Miodrag Gerkeš, Vedran Gerkeš, Lucija Gerkeš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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