Family name Gerken (Gerken 
, Геркен 
) , throughout the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Gerken is habitual in Germany, where it is quite a rare surname, Denmark, and New Zealand. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Gerken is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Gerken | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Геркен | Russia, Ukraine |
| anna jacoba gerken (1812-1898) (b. 1812) |
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hermann gerken German politician, DE (b. 1931) |
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| rudolph aloysius gerken Roman Catholic archbishop, US (b. 1887) |
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| jevgenij gerken (b. 1886) |
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| angelus gerken (b. 1886) |
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| hermann gerken (b. 1891) |
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| julius gerken (b. 1891) |
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| george gerken American baseball player (1903-1977), US (b. 1903) |
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| david ivan gerken (1907-1991) (b. 1907) |
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| richard gerken DE (b. 1900) |
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alice gerken German politician, DE (b. 1964) |
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| hermann gerken (b. 1906) |
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| john j. 'jack' gerken American politician, US (b. 1922) |
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| brian ivan gerken (born 1931) (b. 1931) |
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| kenneth vivian gerken (born 1932) (b. 1932) |
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