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).
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.