Explore the Family Name Zerkle

The meaning of Zerkle

Americanized form of German Zirkel.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Zerkle in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Zerkle saw a decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Zerkle was ranked 33,605th most popular surname in the United States, but by 2010, it had slipped to 38,532nd in popularity – a drop of almost 15 percent. The actual count of people with the surname also decreased during this period from 640 to 574, representing a decrease of about 10 percent. Furthermore, the proportion of people named Zerkle per 100,000 individuals in the population dropped by over 20 percent from 0.24 to 0.19.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,605	#38,532	-14.66%
Count	640	574	-10.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.19	-20.83%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Zerkle

The Decennial U.S. Census also provides data on the ethnic identity associated with the surname Zerkle. In both 2000 and 2010, the overwhelming majority of individuals with this last name identified as White, with a slight increase from 96.09 percent to 96.69 percent over the decade. There were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. However, there were notable changes among other ethnicities. Individuals identifying as Hispanic increased from 0.94 percent to 1.39 percent, a significant rise of nearly 48 percent. Additionally, while there were no individuals identifying as Black in 2000, by 2010, they accounted for 1.05 percent of the total. The percentage of those identifying as two or more races decreased from 1.72 percent in 2000 to zero by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.09%	96.69%	0.62%
Hispanic	0.94%	1.39%	47.87%
Black	0%	1.05%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.72%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%