About the Yerke Surname

There is no single Yerke family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Family name meaning

If your family name is Yerke, its origin lies with Yerkes, a German surname. In origin, the name means “Descendant of Jorg (farmer)”.

Without the “s” of Yerkes, Yerke is a simpler written form of the same name. Yerke ranked 53,913 in the 2010 US Census, with 383 people answering to the name.

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